Little Reggie’s spaying is complete and she has recovered nicely. It was quite sad for the seven day “leash-only walk” period. Since it was Hagar’s birthday on day number six, I cheated a bit and let her play with Hagar, Sage, Snouffie, Siena, and the other dogs at his birthday celebration. I don’t think it had an adverse affect on her. Surprisingly, she’s done a great job of leaving her wound alone and we go back to the vet Tuesday afternoon to get the stitches removed.
When I dropped her off, I felt a bit of panic. My little girl going under the knife. This must be a little of what parents experience when they are worried about their kids. In order to cope, I went shopping at the outlet malls – the Trestles surf outlet in San Clemente and the Carlsbad outlets. My grief helped to prop up the struggling economy. I got really lucky and Banana Republic was having a random “40% off” everything in the store sale. So I didn’t feel as guilty about spending money because I was able to get nice work clothes for more than half off (because I also used my 15% birthday gift card).
By the time I made it back to Windan’Sea, Reg was done with surgery and groggy. Although she was out of it for the rest of the day, by the next morning she was back to normal. Not too bad and now she is all healed up. Whew!
