Dogster

return to top

Carpe Diem... Seize the Day

My Surgery...

Jan. 19, 2005 Wednesday
I don't feel so good today... I keep vomitting all day. I have no appetite... even when my mommy handfed me with my favorite piece of bread with peanut butter! I don't want my people family to keep fussing over me. I just want to sleep on my bed. Do not disturb! Grrr.....

Jan. 20, 2005 Thursday
I'm down with a fever. My mommy brought me to the animal clinic this afternoon. The doctor took an x-ray of my stomach and they found an unknown white substance in me. They said they had to do a surgery (I wonder what surgery means?) on me the following morning and that I should be confined for the night already. I looked up at my mommy and I don't know why her eyes were so red! I've never seen my mommy cry so much! And she kept hugging me like the first time she got me at my old kennel-home (that's another story). These guys in masks took me away from my red-faced mommy and placed me in a small cage! Now I'm the one who's crying. I'm gonna bark all night until these masked people let me out! >sniff< >sniff< I can't believe my mommy left me...

Jan. 21, 2005 Friday
I woke up from a not-so-nice sleep to a wonderful surprise... my mommy is right there in front of me! YAY! Bark! Bark! I sat on her lap with this needle called "dextrose" stuck in my right arm. After some time, I'm wondering why my mommy's not bringing me home yet. I want to leave this place now! It's not clear what happened next... some girl in a mask stuck a needle at my back and I started to become drowsy... my last sight was that of my mommy smiling at me and telling me that everything will be alright...

I drifted in and out of consciousness after that... and my stomach really hurts! During those times, I remember the doctors telling my mommy and my people family that my condition was critical because my operation wound got inflammed. My mommy kept crying and I wanted so much to console her but I'm too weak to get up... I raise my head everytime she comes near. I'm also surprised to see that my grandmommy is crying too! Hmmm... she normally shouts at me when I pee on the carpet before...

Jan. 22, 2005 Saturday
I woke up this morning and my mommy's there again! I kinda knew she'd come. She brought a new batch of fresh towels because I keep peeing on the old ones. I'm feeling much better now and my wound isn't inflammed anymore. Thank God! My mommy always comforts me while I cuddle on her lap. She stays with me until the hospital closes. I wish I could go home with her now but the doctors said I should still stay. Hmph.

Jan. 23, 2005 Sunday
This morning, the doctor took out the needle sticking in my right arm. This must be a good sign! A while later, I saw my mommy arrive, and after a brief talk with the masked people, she carried me back to the car! Bark! Bark! My whole family even came to pick me up! I am so happy to leave that place! Now I am sleeping in my oh-so-comfortable bed beside my mommy.
This is where I belong.
Finally... I'm home.