Updates on Haku, and some minor bitching

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Today, five days after Haku blew out his other cruciate, I dropped him off at the vet's first thing in the AM. He's been hobbling around in a sling for the entire time since it happened, bones crackling and popping every time he tries to move. So gross and upsetting. He's on tramadol, which seems to really work for dulling the pain. That first night at the hospital they gave him hydrocodone, which just made him cry and wobble around all night.

So I dropped him off and his surgeon did an evaluation and gave me a call. She said she's really happy with how his other leg looks from last year, in other words, strong enough to hold him up while this one is out of commission. If this had happened six months ago, it would have been more of a challenge. Basically he's got the same exact injury on this side now (busted cruciate, with meniscus involvement and a lot of arthritis already,) but instead of trying the prosthetic and failing twice and then having to wait months and months for him to get some muscle in his leg before doing the TPLO (bone re-sectioning surgery,) they're just going straight to the TPLO. He did really well with that one last year once it was done.

The TPLO is super painful for the first few days (you're basically walking on a broken bone,) but then once it heals, it's sturdy. He was 4 feet down only weeks after that last surgery, and running on the beach again by summer. Of course, we're looking at another few months of super costly physical therapy every week. They're' giving me a discount on the surgery again (frequent client, you know.)

So that's Haku's story as of today. I hate that it happened again, but I knew it was going to. So I'm prepared for it mentally, if not financially. (Seriously, I am never going to be able to go to Japan with all these bills constantly piling up – and let's be honest here, getting to go on a once-in-a-lifetime trip is the least of my worries. I don't want to lose my house.)

Oh, my car is busted too. The "check engine" light came on. Aside from that, they found that my brakes are going, and I need the "timing belt" or something replaced, which alone is like $700, apparently.

Should I even mention that all our hours at work cut cut to by, like, half? Because no one is coming in for appointments this time of year.

Well, anyway. I've just been spending my time writing, reading, and watching Torchwood. Torchwood is my new comfort show. :)

That aside, I've decided to do the holidays again this year. Last year I tried, a little, and failed at snark-decorating. Snarkorating? This year, I'm going to do like I used to. With all the stupid lights and tree, and junk like that. Because honestly, I really like the holidays, with the stupid songs and bells and all that nonsense. This is my third Christmas without Dad. Again I have to point out how strange it feels to say that, because it still feels like the first. That's something I can't explain to anyone who hasn't lost someone. I say "third holidays without Dad" and it still shocks me because it still feels like yesterday. For as much as I say that or try to explain it, I'm still not being totally clear, because you can't know until you feel it yourself. Very strange. BUT, I am still going to holiday it this year. Christmas is going to be my bitch.

Though I'm kinda pissed off because I ordered Skyward Sword for, well, for me and also for my cousins, for Xmas. Boychild can wait till Xmas because he's not, you know, clear on the release date, which was Monday. SB and Jo-chan however, are waiting to play it, and they're coming over tonight (along with my uncle for a belated TG dinner,) and I STILL DON'T HAVE SKYWARD SWORD. WTF, when you pre-order something you're supposed to get it the day it comes out, and now it's almost a goddamn week. I could have gone to mothereffing Gamestop and picked that bitch up myself.

Right, so anyway, today, Friday, is our belated TG, so that promises to be fun, at least.

And I'll update on Haku when I know more.