Coco Bean's post surgery UPDATE

i called the vet at 9:50am adn they had just received Coco Bean's blood work and it showed that she was good to go and all in the clear for surgery. The surgery was scheduled for later in teh afternoon and i was told to call back at 5pm.

i called the Vet at 4:55 ( i just coudln't wait any longer). The vet said that Coco Bean made it through surgery quite well and was in the cage recovering still hoked up to IV fluids and pain meds. they wanted to keep her overnight to make sure that there are not any post-op problems. of course i agreed. as much as i want her home with me, i know she will not feel well and will be distracted with Truffle and Godiva running around and i KNOW they will not leave her alone if i bring her home.

i just want her to rest there (with the extra pain meds) until i pick her up tomorrow. i anticipate a lot of babying her and hand feeding her. And i know she will have a large bandage on her leg. i wonder how she will get around to go potty but i'm not worried about that too much. what i do worry about is whats going to happen while i'm at work on Friday. What if she needs something and i am at work!? I am going to ask my boss' if i ca work half the day at the office and the other half a day at home. I'm sure they will understand.

if any of you or your friends have had a dog (or dogs) with this surgery, can you please let me know if she will be able to get around? I have a small playpen set up for her. i call it the "recovery nursing station" and it is in my bedroom next to my bed. i have the bottom covered in pee-pads and a small bed and her water bowl in it so she doesnt have to go very far to eat/drink/go potty of she needs to. Also, Lady Godiva & Truffle wont be able to get to her to play which i KNOW they will want to do.

Thank you for keeping my precious Coco Bean in your prayers and thoughts.


Your Friend,

~The Mommy

Coco's Luxating Patella...

I am writing this with a heavy heart right now. On Friday evening, Coco Bean was playing with a sock that she had taken from the hamper. She would throw it in the air, chase after it and roll around with it. About 20 minutes into this, all of a sudden she would not put her back left leg down.

I laid her on her back and moved her little leg around with no reaction from her. We got into bed and as she always does, she laid down on my stomach. she would whimper or grunt and shiver almost the entire night. The next morning, she was acting fine but i noticed that she was skipping more noticeably than usual.

On Sunday when she was getting her bath, her back leg went out from under her and she fell hard on her left hip and then refused to put her leg down. Within an hour, she was back to her perky loving self.

Although she was acting and walking normal (except for the more noticeable skip) i knew i had to take her to her doctor. Today after work i brought her to the appointment and they took an x-ray.

when they brought me back into the room, this is what i saw:Coco's x-ray and a diagram and a book with drawings of a kneeThey did not have my little Coco Bean with them. Instead, they were giving her pain medication. Her little knee is so bad that her patella (knee cap) is off to the side of her knee and wont even stay in place. i immediately asked how soon they would be able to do the surgery to fix her little knee...at this point, i dont care how much it will cost. i just want my little angel to be well and pain free.

they asked if they could keep her over night to keep her hooked up to an IV of fluids and pain medication so that they could do the surgery first thing in the morning and i agreed. but first they brought her to me so that i could say goodnight and kiss her and tell her how much i love her.

i miss my little angel so much right now i dont know how i am going to sleep without her. i feel so horrible that i did not know she was having this problem and extreme pain because she hid it so well.

they told me that this surgery will not only fix this problem and free her of her pain, but it is an incredibly successful surgery and will fix it permanently and i wont have to worry about her little left knee luxating again.

The whole surgery package (x-ray, blood work, IV's, catheter, etc) is going to cost me $1,032.00.

I ask that you keep my little Coco Bean in your prayers and thoughts tonight, tomorrow, and through her recovery. I know that if we all come together the power of the paw will get her through this safely.

~The Mommy

We made it home!

And all is good in the world!

But let me tell you...my sisters and i were SO tired! Mommy was SO happy to see us and we were incredibly happy to see her too...but at that point, all we wanted to do was sleep!

Truffle: "huh? Wha? what was that big flash?"

Truffle: "Oh no mommy, no flashie beast thingy right now please? i wanna sleepyz first"I was so tired, i didn't even wake up when mommy took this picture of me, but Godiva didOh, and here is two photos of me on my tempurpedic pillow that you all heard about in my last post...

I'm telling ya...if you don't have one, make you humans go out and get one! it isn't easy being a dog (or a cat I'm sure). you need postropedic for your little doggy (or cat) butts! Youll sleep like a puppy (or kitten)Mommy has been working so hard and i know she has been a little stressed so my sisters and i have been spending a lot of time being our goofy selves and making sure she laugh's (often). Mommy especially likes it when i do my "froggy butt" stretches.

Tell me friends, what do you do that makes your humans laugh? do you have any pictures? I would like to hold a competition if there is enough of you that are willing to participate. Let me know and if there is enough people who can submit a photo or video of something you do that makes your human(s) laugh, i'll host the contest!

Tail Wiggles & Puppy Kisses,

Coco The Princess, Lady Godiva & Truffle

Doggy Hotel's and Vacations

So on Tuesday, Mommy woke me and my sisters up before the sun was even awake to feed us our doggy breakfast. then she got out our purses and said that she was taking us for a doggy vacation and that we were going to stay at the doggy hotel...So, Lady Godiva and i jumpped right into our doggy bags and truffle sat on mommy's lap as we drove down the street. I could tell by the excitement in Truffle's voice that were were somewhere exciting when mommy turned off the car engine.So mommy took us out of the car and started walking into the pet store that we go to all the time and into a different section than we had never been to before. This section was behind big glass doors...it was the "Hotel" that mommy was speaking of.Truffle and Godiva were all for it, but being the smart one of the group headed straight for those glass doors and begged every person that walked past to open them for me but no one would help :( Dont get me wrong, everyone was incredibly nice to me and my sisters, but i had a bad feeling about this and somewhere in my little doggy gut it was telling me that this "Hotel" did not have the same kind of tempurpedic pillow for my little doggy butt that i have at home. yes, you read right...i have my very own tempurpedic pillow and it looks like this:Note from Mom: i did not buy this $100 pillow for Coco Bean. one day she decided she wanted to lay on it and it was so cute, i let her...ever since that ONE time, if i am sleeping on my pillow at night, she will wake me up at whatever hour she decides by grunting at me until i wake up and get off her pillow. as soon as i get off the pillow, she jumps right onto it and curls up in a ball and falls immediately asleep. The pillow is stolen and I am the rightful owner...i just have not been able to convince Coco Bean of this.
A girl came out and put red leashes on us and took us away...right after mommy kissed us and told us how much she loved us...Truffle made sure to lick the tears off mommy's face before we were swept away...

Mommy calls every day and checks on us...and told us about Masterchusets and how cold it is there and how much she misses us. The girls and i were curious so we logged onto our dogbook and looked up mommy's Facebook page...cold my furry doggy butt! she's out in Masterchusets playing in piles of whipped cream and staying in a WAY better hotel than my sisters and i!
Look at these photos!look at our mommy LYING to us! all bundled up like its cold. Horse pucky its cold...you went to charlies chocolate factory like in the movie we watched...WE SEE ALL THAT WHIPPED CREAM MARSHMALLOW IN THE BACKGROUND!!!and then we found THESE two photos...
She's climbing on marshmallow piles!and look at this one...at night, it sprinkles sugar from the sky and makes the marshmallow sparkle!
I know my two friends Mango the relentlessly Huge and Dexter the Labradude live in Masterchusets..I wonder if mommy saw Mango when the plain was flying over Boston??? It would be cool if Mommy got to meet them, but i would have to admit that my sisters and i would be a little upset if she did and left us behind because we would LOVE to meet them.

Normally i would end my bloggy entry by saying "Tail Wiggles & Puppy Kisses" but this time i'm going to end it a little different...

Hoping my mommy comes home fat from eating all that marshmallow and whip-cream with sugar sprinkles,

Coco The Pirncess, Truffle & Godiva