Prayers for Boo

Our puppies have many nicknames. MANY MANY nicknames. Here's a few for your enjoyment.

Liberty: Lib, Liberty Grace, Grace, Gracie, Ween, Weinertastic
Sadie: Vere, Sadie Guinevere, Boo, Booters, Flufferiffic, Fluffytastic, Booter Vere.
Oliver: Sadly, he hasn't acquired many nice nicknames yet...some of his bad ones are "Pee Butt, and OLIVER!!!"

So, back to the headline of this blog entry. Sadie (aka Boo) is having surgery today. She has "patellar luxation", which in layman's terms means that her knee cap slips off her knee. When it does that, her little leg catches and she hops on that leg. If you've ever seen her run, she will run a few steps, then her right leg (most of the time), will catch and she'll hop. This is not normal, but it is genetic in the poodles. If it's not surgically corrected soon, her knees will get to a point that they can't be fixed. So, Becca is having her right knee fixed today. They actually have to break her little shin bone and pin in in the right place. Needless to say, Becca's a wreck....as I would be if Grace had to have surgery. Sadie will be hospitalized overnight and then Becca can take her home tomorrow morning. Then Sadie has to remain quiet and still for 6-8 weeks. Have you ever met Sadie? There's usually no such thing as quiet and still. She loves to run around, jump on furniture, and be crazy Boo. She'll have to be crated so she remains still....and mostly so her brother and sister don't maime her. They love her, and will not understand why they can't love on her. So, please say a little prayer for Sadie and her mom today. Pray that Sadie will be pain controlled after surgery, and her mom to have peace of mind.