Jake's Journey

Woke up at 6:00 am. All nite we kept waking up, hoping that Jake hadn’t passed away in his sleep. I know, we were paranoid… Jacques put the sling on and slowly took Jake out to the backyard to pee… Nothing… just wobbling around, so he brought him back in. I gave him his pain meds and antibiotic at 7:00 am. Then Jake tries to stand up on his own. Jacques takes him out again… still no pee! Then Jacques decides to remove the sling… and VOILA!! Jake finally pees!!! YAY!!! But then he looses his balance and almost falls over. But Jacques caught him in time. Jake definitely got his favorite cookieand cheese after that!

Jake’s been pretty much sleeping all day, lifting his head to look around from time to time. At 3:00 pm, he got another dose of his pain meds. 5:30pm, he decided he wants to get up again… so on goes the sling and Jacques takes him outside. He just stands there… no pee… then he has some diarrhea. Must be the amoxicillin… That’s OK, at least something came out of him! When he came back in, I had his dinner ready, his dry food with some boiled chicken and rice to top it off. Just in time for the diarrhea! Now he’s really tired after all that, and back on his bed. Hopefully he’ll pee later.

We are exhausted… mentally and physically… and today is JUST day 1!!! aaarrrhhh!!!

Finally!!! At 6:45… another pee-pee!!! Whoo! Hoo!! Now he’s sleeping again… Hope tomorrow is a much better day!

Jake had his 3 hr surgery yesterday (from 11 to 2), and we were able to bring him home late that afternoon. He was totally zonked out on pain meds. We were so shocked to see him without his leg. With all the bandages, his chest looked so small! We thought we were prepared, but seeing it in person… well it was devastating! Luckily, Jake was heavily medicated and had no clue that his mom and dad were freaking out.

Jacques had to carry him into the house and lay him on his doggie bed. Wolfie came running in to see him, smelling all the strange new smells, and licking his face and ears. Then he brought over one of his toys and laid by his side all nite!Jacques and I took turns too!