Hurley's recovery

 

Hi all my doodle friends!! It's been a week since I had my surgery...I am feeling better with each day..I have had some ups and downs in the last week...I will talk about that soon...but, I just couldn't wait to show you what I did today!! I am wagging my tail as I write this....! My mom surprised me and took me to Oak Grove Park today! She took me for a nice long walk..she even let me smell anything I wanted to smell for as long as I wanted!! Usually she tells me to "hurry up" after a couple of seconds sniffing some grass, but today I got to take my time and smell it all!! I walked over to the lake and stared at the water...I saw a fish jump up from the water...and tried to dig a hole, but I was stopped. My mom said something about dirt flying up and getting on my head...oh well, I was still happy!! It felt so good to forget my problems for a little while. To feel like a dog again!!

 

For a couple of days I have been inside. I "lubs" being inside, but us dogs "lubs" being outside a whole lot more!! I mean, we have it in us to be outside...smelling the air, checking out the scene, watching the sky for birds, digging holes, marking our "territory"...I could go on and on....My mom told me that when I had this surgery I might be down for a while. Nah, I thought. I mean I don't even understand what surgery really meant, but I know now...(tail is starting to go between my legs) Of course, she was right about being down too. Usually, I am all excited...excited over the littlest things. I get all happy just to see a bug fly in the room and land in front of me, or hear geese from the porch "honking" while they fly over my place, or hear someone coming up the steps from my door...after surgery nothing got me moving. I felt like that hamster in my sisters room got out of its cage and attacked my head in the middle of the night. It didn't feel good. So, sleeping is what I have been doing...my mom says my surgery boo boo on my head is healing very good!! I will be getting stiches out next Tuesday...! She told me that I will get some drugs that will make me feel kinda wierd so they can take them out, since there are so many of them. Then, a couple of days after that, I think I am having another big surgery. This one will be on top of my head. I am having the rest of those cysts removed and the skin from my left eye lifted. I have to go through this again :( I know that it's a good thing to have these off so I can live a long life...but I don't like knowing there will be another surgery...it makes me feel so bad.

My surgery site has healed very good, but I did get an infection. On Monday, I was feeling weird. I was very uncomfortable and shaking my head. My mom knows me so well. I gave her some signs that something was not right with me. She found a spot on my head under my left ear. When she lifted my ear she saw a red spot that was very irrated. She got right on the phone and called Dr. Genovese. Within minutes he was on phone with my mom and within an hour I was at the office to see Dr. G. After looking at it, they thought maybe that cone I have been living in was rubbing a spot on my head. (I love to lay on my left side, and I also wanted the cone off and slid on the floor a lot to get it off) so they think I got an infection from that. Dr. G cleaned my spot and put me on medicines that would keep that spot from spreading. He said it would not be good if it got to my surgery site. Yesterday, I went back to Dr. G so he could see my infection and he thought it still wasn't looking good so he put me on some Steriod spray to keep it from spreading. Today, we think (paws crossed) it has not gotten any bigger. We are not "out of the woods yet", as my mom says. We are taking a break from the cone. My mom has me right by her side so she can watch me. She is keeping my ear up so my spot can heal. It "needs to breathe" she says...(I don't understand all these sayings, but I am just repeating what she tells me) of course my mom had to take a picture of the spot....she always has that camera in her hand....

 

Oh doodles, I have really been through a lot in the last 6 months. Gosh, I have only been on this earth for almost 13 months! My mom keeps telling me what a "good boy" I am. She keeps saying that soon, very soon (tail is starting to WAG) I will have this all behind me and be able to ROMP with some friends in the park! Boy, oh boy, will I have a story to tell them. A story about a doodle, named Hurley, who was saved by angels on earth. Angels from all over the country helping him have life saving surgery and help with his recovery. Us dogs were born to be loyal, be best friends, be life savers, be companions and so much more, but the most important thing we are here on earth for is to show humans what complete unconditional love is....something has come out of this whole thing....humans are showing unconditional love to me now. I came here to do what dogs were put here for, but for some reason got a bad deal in this...., but I haven't. I have been surrounded with love, a love for me and my family. The role was reveresed...my family and me have seen loyalty, life savers and unconditional love. Humans are so wonderful...that is why us dogs love you so much. We only see the good in you, the love you have...that is why we live for you and will always be by your side...us dogs, we would do anything for our family.....

Can I get a WOOF WOOF...for The Doodle Messenger?? They have helped doodles, just like me, get medical help...they work very hard to help doodles in need. They have a website that tells the stories of the doodles in need. When you go on their website you will see each doodle on their front page that needs help. When you click on the doodle that needs help, you will go to their page and read their story. They are in need of medical help. If you read their story and want to donate to help them get the medical attention they need,all you have to do is find their veternarians information on the page. It will have their address and telephone number to their office! You can mail a check or call the vets office to make a donation by phone. Even the smallest donation is so HUGE to us...it all adds up!! You are keeping us from being returned, given to a shelter, or even be put to sleep. You are helping to save our life!! Thank you for all your help! Please take some time and check out The Doodle Messenger. I have friends on their too, that need help!!

www.doodlemessenger.webs.com

Thank you for helping me!! If you want to donate by PayPal I have a donate button on the right paw side of your page...this goes to my surgery and recovery care...!! Or you can go on The Doodle Messenger to get Doctor Genovese's address and telephone number and donate!

Please give your dogs lots of kisses, hugs, treats, toys, long walks, lots of dirt to dig in, preferably wet dirt to get muddy and oh yeah, a Doggie Dip from the nearest Skinny DIP :) ( had some requests to say that from some of my buddies)... They know you are reading this....

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