Sorry for the delayed update! Moose is doing fantastic. Yesterday was his 2 weeks post-surgery appointment and the stitches were removed and he checked out just fine. So despite the rocky first part everything turned out great and we are happy he had the surgery.



Bella looking as smug as ever. So, I have actually been crafting a bit. I finished the first flower garland, and am working on a wreath made of these flowers for my mom.



I also am just starting something new - drawing on clothes. I bought a bunch of kid's clothes to alter (for the growing contingent of little people in my life - a really good friend is pregnant) and since my freezer paper stencil supplies are at a friend's house I bought some fabric markers to play around with instead. I have a bunch of ideas for these and am really excited to see what I can come up with. This is an in-progress shot of a beach cover-up dress I started with.

Worse before it gets better?

Well, things went a little downhill yesterday evening. We discovered he has to wear both an e-collar and a bite not collar in order to really prevent him from reaching the incision and messing with the stitches. He was upset enough with just the e-collar, so adding the neck wrap really hasn't been good. He is just whimpering constantly, and I have to watch him every second or he starts licking his pain patches.



Last night was a nightmare, trying to sleep in a queen size bed with a great dane who is wearing a huge lampshade on his head and can't bend his neck - as if he didn't already take up enough space! Then this morning when we "woke-up" I noticed that he'd been bleeding some so I was on the phone with the surgeon. May have to take him back in the morning if it doesn't stop.



I am really, really hoping each day gets better, because this just sucks for all of us. (Did you notice besides how sad he is, that you can see part of his new "baboon butt" in the second photo? It's the only thing making us laugh right now. Poor guy!)

back home

A few anxiety issues (his + ours), quite a bit of blood (just his), and just shy of $3,000 later (yes, I'm serious) we're home and Moose is officially starting his 14 day recovery period.

This guy is going in for surgery tomorrow. I haven't mentioned it here because it's gross but we've been dealing with his infected anal glands for about 8 months now. After attempting every possible solution we've finally reached the point where we feel surgery is the best option for him. He should be fine, we would have just preferred not to go this route. I really am not looking forward to dropping him off in the morning, I always end up crying.



This weekend my mom convinced me that we should try our hands at making hand blown eggs to use as decoration on a bed of moss (to use as a table centerpiece for spring). She's really into this stuff pictured called baby's tears, and swears she read somewhere that pressing your hands into springy, spongy moss can be therapeutic. Not sure about that one mom, but it does have a really nice texture to it.