Catching up!!!

I am going to try and catch up on the last few months. I know I've been a bad blogger and to the 2 people that read it, I am sorry. ;O) Anyway, lets begin with my Moosey girl. We travelled to TN for Christmas and my poor girl couldn't pee. Jason and I both noticed that she was wanting to go outside every 5 minutes. Honestly, that is nothing new. Our lab is a little psychotic. She gets stress UTI's every time we travel pretty much. This time was very different though. She was going outside and trying to pee but she would squat 10-15 times in one outing. It took me a while to realize that just because she was squatting, didn't mean she was actually peeing. I noticed that she would dribble just a little bit at first and then no matter how many times she squatted, nothing was coming out. SOOOOO, the next morning I told Jason we had to take her to the vet, something was very wrong. I was afraid of her bladder rupturing more than anything by this point. We packed up the van and took our little Moose to the ER Vet. $400.00 later we found out that she had MULTIPLE bladder stones that were blocking her urethra. In the process of taking the x-rays we found out that our 5 year old little girl has VERY advanced hip displasia. Broke my heart when I looked at the x-rays. I cried like a baby. Anyway, we came home, paid for a second opinion and then called around for the best and financially responsible surgeon. $800.00 later, my little girl is peeing like a champ. Here are some pics of the surgical incision.



Here's how my girl normally spends her days.....not rotten or anything!




Yep, that's my girl!!! She is such a good dog with AJ. I came out of the shower the other day to catch AJ sitting on her back yelling at her to "giddy up!" Of course he was ordered OFF the dog and I had to explain that she may be as big as a horse but she really wasn't. She just laid there and took the abuse! What a good girl. Yes, all 75lbs of her sleeps in the bed with me. She will sleep all day on the weekends just to be with me. She tucks her bum right up against mine and we sleep like babies. If I'm sick, she's right by my side. She even cuddles in my lap while we're watching TV. She is my baby girl. And with a third man soon to be in my house, I need all the girly support I can get!