Well, it has been a rough couple of days. Bruno came through his surgery great. When we picked him up Wednesday evening he was loopy but bright-eyed. Dr. Tim Holt, a travelling surgeon, did the laser work and Dr. Plam Clary, with Kingsbury Animal Hospital and also a mobile veterinarian, did the neutering. Bruno's team of specialists did an excellent job. Even though he was fairly whacked on anesthesia and pain killers, he sat up in the back seat of the car and looked around at the world as if he had never seen it before, his one white eye and one brown eye sparkling. His eyelids looked so great I'm thinking of giving Dr. Holt a call myself.
Bruno was so loopy that we assumed he'd settle right down once home but Noooo, he stood all evening until crate time and instead of falling nicely to sleep, he began to worry his eyes with his paws. We realized we'd have to watch him. It was snowing, it was very late, the only place to get a big hideous cone for his head was the emergency animal clinc and we were "dog" tired. Jay took the couch and set Bruno up on his bed next to it but in spite of Jay's overnight efforts, Bruno managed to rub his eyes until they bled.
I took him by the clinic on the way to work and when Dr. Clary was able to examine him, she realized he had torn some subcutaneous stitches in one eye and would need another surgery.
More anesthesia. And stronger narcotics this time plus a cone. He's going to need several days of close monitoring until his eyes don't bother him and he doesn't bother them. The second surgery went well and Kingsbury once again was incredibly generous with their resources. Bruno, it seems, captures everyone's heart.
As I write this, he is at our feet, having managed to arrange himself in a more or less dog-like fashion on his bed. He required a little assistance to get his legs all going in the proper directions because he is definitely on the good stuff tonight. It's my turn for couch duty and I hope the narcotics work.
Still, we can't believe how great this dog is. We can't believe how fabulous Kingsbury Animal Hospital has been, how generous Dr. Clary is and how many people have rallied to save him. Including Rainbow Rescue and Stray Animal Rescue. I hope the man who contacted us about possibly adopting him answers my email because we are anxious to know Bruno's future. It's hard to get this attached knowing we can't keep him and yet not knowing what to plan for.
Today when I dropped Bruno off at the clinic, I met a man who has three dogs he rescued. He showed me pictures on the clinic bulletin board of two others he rescued who have passed. "I keep their ashes in little urns on the mantle with a photo and a prayer," he said. Two of his rescue dogs are sisters he picked up from he intersection of Grand and Gravois (I think I got that right) when they were just about 7 weeks old. They're pit-pointer mixes, two years old now.
At the other end of my day, Aaron Belz dropped in the store to round up a couple of Jens who are reading tonight at the Observable Readings "Ten Jens" event taking place at the Schlafly Bottleworks. The conversation turned to Bruno (of course) and he said his family dog, a shepherd/black lab mix, was a rescue. "We don't say no to her," he said. "We can't. She was abused for the first two years of her life and just the word no scares her to death."
Not only have folks opened their hearts for Bruno, but how many are also opening their hearts everyday to dogs in need who don't make headlines?
Bruno was so loopy that we assumed he'd settle right down once home but Noooo, he stood all evening until crate time and instead of falling nicely to sleep, he began to worry his eyes with his paws. We realized we'd have to watch him. It was snowing, it was very late, the only place to get a big hideous cone for his head was the emergency animal clinc and we were "dog" tired. Jay took the couch and set Bruno up on his bed next to it but in spite of Jay's overnight efforts, Bruno managed to rub his eyes until they bled.
I took him by the clinic on the way to work and when Dr. Clary was able to examine him, she realized he had torn some subcutaneous stitches in one eye and would need another surgery.
More anesthesia. And stronger narcotics this time plus a cone. He's going to need several days of close monitoring until his eyes don't bother him and he doesn't bother them. The second surgery went well and Kingsbury once again was incredibly generous with their resources. Bruno, it seems, captures everyone's heart.
As I write this, he is at our feet, having managed to arrange himself in a more or less dog-like fashion on his bed. He required a little assistance to get his legs all going in the proper directions because he is definitely on the good stuff tonight. It's my turn for couch duty and I hope the narcotics work.
Still, we can't believe how great this dog is. We can't believe how fabulous Kingsbury Animal Hospital has been, how generous Dr. Clary is and how many people have rallied to save him. Including Rainbow Rescue and Stray Animal Rescue. I hope the man who contacted us about possibly adopting him answers my email because we are anxious to know Bruno's future. It's hard to get this attached knowing we can't keep him and yet not knowing what to plan for.
Today when I dropped Bruno off at the clinic, I met a man who has three dogs he rescued. He showed me pictures on the clinic bulletin board of two others he rescued who have passed. "I keep their ashes in little urns on the mantle with a photo and a prayer," he said. Two of his rescue dogs are sisters he picked up from he intersection of Grand and Gravois (I think I got that right) when they were just about 7 weeks old. They're pit-pointer mixes, two years old now.
At the other end of my day, Aaron Belz dropped in the store to round up a couple of Jens who are reading tonight at the Observable Readings "Ten Jens" event taking place at the Schlafly Bottleworks. The conversation turned to Bruno (of course) and he said his family dog, a shepherd/black lab mix, was a rescue. "We don't say no to her," he said. "We can't. She was abused for the first two years of her life and just the word no scares her to death."
Not only have folks opened their hearts for Bruno, but how many are also opening their hearts everyday to dogs in need who don't make headlines?
2 comments:
Glory to Dog in the highest. So glad Bruno is doing well.
Hey Bruno I hope you get weel soon.
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