Hurley's healing speed bumps.....

 

Hi all my friends!! Look at me...I am healing... :) I have had my ups and downs since my second surgery. I just wish that I was already healed up and had no problems!! I think if I had to chose between my favorite treat in the whole world (ice cream for us dogs) or never having another problem up there on my head, I would chose no more problems on my head. Oh doodles....I mean my days are great. I have days I go to the park, go for walks, a car ride, lay on my moms lap, watch fish swim at the lake..then I have days that turn on me so fast. I know something is going on up there on top of my head. When my mom gets down on her knees and starts eyeing my boo boos up there...I just know there is going to be a phone call to the doctor and off I go...to be looked at, poked and given more medicine.

I have had a nasty hot spot on my left side on my head...it's right under my ear flap...that hot spot is horrible. I hate that thing. I just want to roll in the grass, dirt or sand to make it feel better. So I am back in my cone :( Then last week I had a bump form over my left eye, it filled and popped. My mom took me to the ER vet...they said it might be trauma from trying to itch at my hot spot and hitting that bump..so still in that cone :( am I always going to have this cone on my head? I am really getting about ticked off with this cone... I let out my frustration on my favorite Teddy Bear the other day. I was pretty proud of myself though. I ripped off his nose and took out all the stuffing with my cone on!! I couldn't wait for my mom to come home and see what I had accomplished with me being a cone head now...so when she saw what I did she got the picture...then told me I was a bad boy after she got the shot...I needed to get this anxiety out...so I took it out on Teddy....RIP Teddy....I "lubs" you...

The moral of this story is this....if your doggie needs to be a cone head (like me) please put up any favorite bears or play toys...we tend to hurt the ones we love the most when frustrated.

Please don't think that I am not having a good oh doggie time. I mean my mom takes me to the lake for walks, I go for car rides, my family takes me to my favorite open field to run my doodle off....we have some really great moments...things will be going so good and I think that it's over..the whole nightmare that i have been going through. Then my moms starts acting funny and starts pointing her finger and telling me something is going on up there on the noggin..then I can feel my tail start to go between my legs. I just don't want to go back to the surgeon and Dr. G...I love them so much but I want this to be over!! I want to dig the biggest hole in the sand...you know, be a dog...I really haven't figured out what that is yet. I was 8 months old when I starting having the cyst ruptures on my head...so I am ready to do what dogs do.....!!

This was just the other day...I am doing well...!! I just need that stubborn bump above my left eye to go away. I go Monday to see Dr. Marti, my surgeon. He will look at me and determine if this bump needs stronger antibotics or maybe have it removed....my mom won't even think about that sernario. She only talked to the tech who works there. They just don't like that within a week the same bump has appeared, drained and reappeared....I just want to catch a break. Then...On July 4th...yes,July 4th, I go to see Dr. Genovese to get a culture on it. I have two doctors watching this. It's a lot for us to keep going to these doctors. I know my mom stays stressed. I can smell it on her. I wish I had a magic milk bone and would make my whole head better. Then she won't be stressed anymore. I know that laying beside her and always following her everywhere lets her know that I am happy she sticks with me and keeps fighting for me to get better...I "lubs" her so much. I want to be the best dog ever for her...I know she is ready for me to be 100% healed....This is the bump that was there last week..it has reappeared and in the same spot again. My mom thinks it might be a blood blister...I hope so cause I don't want to have anything removed again from my head...! My hair is just starting to grow...

I promise that I will keep fighting and if I have to go to the vets office every week I will just have to do it. I need to get better...I know I have been through a lot and it's going to take time...so hurry up Time and heal!! Keep me in your prayers...you all have helped me so much and helping in my recovery care too...because of you I get to snuggle up and have moments like this...I "lubs" you all so much for giving me a fighting chance....

I love The Doodle Messenger...they have helped to get my story out there and people just like you donate to help me get the care I need. Sometimes the medical care we need gets so very expensive and you are saving us....by praying for us doodles in need and donating money to help our moms and dads with the medical bills. I want to say Thank you from me and all my friends on The Doodle Messenger....there are doodles, like myself, on the Messenger that need help. If you go on there you will find our stories. Each one of us has a page of our own. On that page is our veternarians address and telephone number. You can mail a check or call and donate over the phone. Even 5.00 is a lot to us..because it adds up and we get the care we need to live a long and healthy life.!!

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I don't like that I have had so many problems in the first year of my life, but my mom and all of you are fighting hard for me...Thank you for loving me like I am your own....I "lubs" you all......

If you would like you can donate on my page..it's to the right paw side of your page. You can donate with my PayPal button....that helps with my recovery and medical bills...Thank You!!

I will keep you posted on my bump I have....Bad bump needs to go away....

Love,

 

Hurley Doodle

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Why is our bond so strong, Hurley?

Orange dog, who's name is Hurley. Why is our bond so strong?

Is it your big brown eyes that look at me with love and loyalty? Maybe its the wag of your tail when I walk in the door....I think it's a number of things about you that make our bond strong....

It's your "woof woof" every morning to wake me up, followed by a nice big lick on my face. It's the way you follow me from room to room to make sure I don't leave your eyesight...our bond is strong because you love me and I love you...

It's the moments that make our bond stronger when you have to cuddle up beside me when I sit on the couch. It's the moments when I jump on the floor and tackle you and you come right back at me with all that you got. The moments when I stop petting you and you have to let out a gentle "growl" telling me not to quit. Or that moment when every night you stare at me until I fall asleep....like you're keeping watch over me and making sure its ok for you to fall asleep too.....

You understand me and maybe know me better than I know myself. You lick my tears that run down my face when I am sad. You lay beside me when I don't feel good..even though I know you rather be outside. With my every move you are one step behind me. I can trust you will always be there for me. You can trust me that I will always be there for you....

I never knew the determination I had until I was faced with the decision I had to make. Because of you, I have a learned a lot about myself. I have learned that no matter what I am faced with in my life I will get through it. Because of you, Hurley, I have learned that this world is still filled with love, compassion and kindness. Because of you, I have learned that I do make a difference and will fight for what I believe in when faced with something I can't control. I believe that you had a chance....a fighting chance, but didn't know the right road to take to get you help. I was told to put you to sleep, to get another dog and life will go on. I just couldn't do it...I prayed and GOD and he showed me the path to take. He knew the LOVE I have for you and I knew you were a gift from him. He made me turn to strangers, who now I call my family. I cried out for help and it was heard. There has been a silver lining to this journey I have been on. I can no longer say I live in a world of unkindness and hate for one another. What people did for Hurley showed me and my family how kind and compassionate the world still is. You gave Hurley a chance of getting his surgeries and living a long and healthy life. You don't know me, but know the love I have for my dog. You understand the LOVE we have for our animals. Thank You....I am so grateful for you loving Hurley and helping him...he is my best friend...and you saved him.....

 

 

 

Hurley is Strong and Courageous...

 

 

Hi all my doodle friends! Today was the day..I went to get my stitches out..!! I feel so much better that they are off me and gone forever...I did not like the way those stitches felt on top of my head. Actually, dog gone it..I didn't like anything that went on top of my head...!! All that poking, prodding, and testing going on up there. My mom says that my surgeries are all done...soon I will start living a "dogs life"..... SOON?? Next Wednesday I go to see Dr. Genovese. He is going to culture my head where the incisions were and still healing and make sure all infection is gone...and no sign of cysts making a "comeback"...my mom said not to worry...I am going to be just fine..I trust her..she hasn't let me down..if she says I am going to be fine...that's the way it will be...

This has been a long journey. I remember my first cyst rupture was back in November. I was 8 months old. Still a pup and having to start on a long road of needles, antibotics, testing, surgeries and now recovery. I have grown up a lot. I am now 14 months old and have a story to tell!! A story of about being strong, courageous and what unconditional love is all about. When those cysts started to appear and give me problems, I stayed strong. I walked in those veternarians offices and let them poke me with needles and find out what was going on top of my noggin. I kept thinking of my family. They needed me. They loved me. I needed to stay strong and wag my tail even though I wanted to put my tail between my legs and shake with fear. I knew that these tests were important to my family. They needed to know what was wrong with me so I could get better. No matter what you have to go through...stay STRONG....I am courageous. Once we found out that my cysts needed to be removed to live a long life I needed courage. I love my family. They needed me. They loved me. I wanted to be brave and face these surgeries head on. I know there was going to be pain, but I am courageous...no matter what we have to face in our life...be COURAGEOUS. Now my mom keeps telling me about unconditional love. That I am special because I have shown her what it really is. No matter what, us dogs love you humans with the purest of LOVE. When I had these cysts on my head and they were rupturing and my mom was given all the information about what I had and if I should be put to sleep I still licked her tears as she cried, I still chased those pesky bugs outside, I was still happy for just a 10 minute walk, I loved her no matter what she would decide. My job here on earth, and for all dogs, is to LOVE our family that GOD chose for us. No matter what my mom looks like, even on a bad day, no matter where I live, or if my mom does something I don't like, I still LOVE her unconditionally. Where she goes, I go. Where she sits, I sit with her (preferably on her lap..but I am too big), where she sleeps, I sleep close to her and what she decides is the best for me, I will LOVE her unconditionally, even if it was to be put to sleep. You can always know, no matter what is going on in your life, good or bad, you have us dogs. We will lick your tears, wag our tail when you are happy, or just sit with you. My mom says we are a gift from GOD. He sent us down here to show you humans UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. My mom says that is why she was determined to fight for me. That with all that I am...with all the love I have for her and my family, she would give me a fighting chance.

On this journey I have been on I have met you all. You love me and saved me. Your love for me has gotten me through a lot. My mom says that the prayers I have received has helped me to heal so fast. I "lubs" you all so much and wish I could lick you all. You have been there for my mom and helped her get through some tough times. You were there for her when I was having surgery and she was nervous. I want to say Thank You...I love my momma and glad my friends kept her strong. I know that I still have recovery and hope that I get a paws up real soon from Dr. G to run my doodle off at the park...!

 

I will love you all forever...I will be able to watch my brother and sister grow up. We are going to make some great memories, I just know it. I am one happy doodle!! I just want to say that I love Dr. Genovese and his staff. I really want to tell you that they really, really love animals. My mom has cried in their office (numerous times so embarrassing), gone in time and time again with a ton of questions, answered calls for donations and have loved me like I was their own. They treat all their animals just like we were their family. I wish every animal that needed special care would have a doctor like Dr. G and his staff.

I love The Doodle Messenger....!! They help to save me...!! They got my story out all over the place and wonderful people like you donated money to give me the medical attention I needed. If you go on their site you will find doodles on there that need help. They are my friends and I want them to get help too!! If you read the story of a doodle that needs help, all you have to do is look for their veternarians information on there. It will have their address and telephone number. You can mail a check or call their office to donate money using a credit card. Even the smallest donation is so HUGE...it goes to the medical care we need! Thank you so much for helping the doodles...!! They are being strong and courageous right now too!!

www.doodlemessenger.webs.com

I "lubs" you all,

Hurley Doodle

Hurley's healing :)

 

Hi all my friends!! I had my second surgery on Friday. It has been a couple of days and I am getting better and better!! Each day I wake up I don't have as much "tingling" on top of my head. I think that is a good thing!!

Oh Doodles!! Can you believe I am all finished with my surgeries?? My mom said no more :) I am getting my stitches out next Tuesday. Also, I will have some appointments with Dr. Genovese to make sure that I am healing good and no cysts are trying to come back. It's not a guarantee that they won't come back, but Dr. G and my mom say they are optimistic!! Since I was a pup I have only had the same 6 cysts on my head. I have not had new ones come up. They think that once they were removed and cut completely out, they won't come back. I am keeping my paws crossed that I will never get cysts again. I am ready to grow my hair back!! I am ready to go to the dog park and meet some "friends" I have made! I can't wait to go to the beach and RUN my doodle off...and dig in the sand. I can't do that right now, cause of my stitches. My mom said I might get sand in there and get an infection...so I will wait until she tells me I can go...then I will go crazy at the beach...!! I have so much I want to do... I have a long life my mom says to do it all..!!

A couple of days ago my mom took me to Skinny DIP in Chesapeake...!! You all know how much I love them...they are super friendly to my family and me!! The owners Mr. Richard and Ms. Autumn, they are the nicest humans!! Ms. Autumn came out to the car and fed me a Doggie DIP...she gave me lots of love too. She wants me to get better and heal up!! I love my Doggie DIPS...that makes me heal faster!! I just know it does...it gives me super healing powers..!! I need to tell my mom that I reqiure an endless supply of Doggie DIPS...get some of that healing power each time I eat one up!! WOOF..

 

My mom says I am healing very good...! My incision site looks great and no sign of infection..!! She says its because I am getting so many prayers coming my way...my mom says to say Thank You...she says that I have a lot of people rooting for me and hoping that I heal soon!! I have been through a lot in my short time on this earth...I know that I am not the only pup who has gone through a rough first year of his life. I am the "poster boy" (my mom says) for pups going through a hard time...I just want any doggie out there to know if they are having a hard time and not feeling good...to stay courageous and strong. That each one of us dogs has a voice and that it's our mom and dad. They love us and will fight for us. We dogs are loyal and will stand by our parents...and I have found out that parents are loyal to us too....they will stand by us when the "going gets rough".....

I am so happy that my family has been fighting so hard to keep me with them...I now can make happy memories and watch my brother,Joshua, and sister, Natalie, grow up...! They have stayed strong too. They never got scared when I came home with stiches on my head and looked scary. They always came to love on me and tell me I will be ok...they are still proud that I am their doggie...they even said that they would never trade me in for a million bucks! That's love....(wagging tail)

 

I Love The Doodle Messenger....they helped me..I needed surgery and they got my story out there...you all read it and got me the surgeries I needed...because of The Doodle Messenger and you, I am going to live a long and healthy life....There are doodles on there right now that need you too...they all have a story and want to life a long life...if you have a chance..please go to their website and read the stories of the doodles that are in need...if you read of a doodle you want to help all you have to do is find their veterinarians information on their page. It will have an address and telephone number if you want to donate. Even the smallest donation is so HUGE to us! It adds up and helps us to get the medical attention we need!! Thank You for helping us...!!

www.doodlemessenger.webs.com

Thank You all for checking in on me and seeing how I am doing...I will be writing soon about my funny stories and pictures of my hair growing back...oh how exciting!!

LICKS and LICKS,

Hurley Doodle