Sassy's Doggy Diary

Ouch

So we went to our house in upstate New York friday night. On saturday I was running around in the field all happy with mom and grandma and grandma's friend(and April). Grandma's friend commented on how happy I looked(and I was because I love it there!). So we went in the field off to the side of the barn and I ran into the center which wasn't completely mowed yet. Everyone else continued on the path until they heard me yelp and they all spun around. I jumped up in the air, walked a few paces, then collapsed in the grass and began panting. They ran over and kneeled down beside me and began checking me over.(Grandma and Grandma's friend work at an animal hospital) They couldn't find any bite marks from another animal or any other wounds(or anything wrong with me for that matter). Mom tried to pull me up and all I could manage was a sit. They got behind me and lifted up my legs so that I was standing and I limped back to the house with them. It wasn't fun! My whole weekend was ruined. :( I couldn't take any pain killers because of the medicine I am on to try and keep the cancer away. Saturday I layed around as much as I could and got helped up the stairs.
And then it got worse! There were fireworks! Everyone was outside watching them while Wally, Kanga, April, and I all stayed in the house. I got so upset that I pawed the metal off the bottom of the door and some of the wood. Someone had gone in the house to put something away and noticed, but didn't want to let me out so she told mom and mom came and let April and I out and put us in the car. I was a lot happier there! April didn't really care about the fireworks, though.
Sunday I perked up a bit and padded around faster than yesterday, but there was still a bit of a limp and I needed help getting up and down places sometimes.
Now we're home and I can rest more. Tomorrow one of the doctors is going to check me out at the animal hospital.

Woof,
Sassy