Crippled Flipple

There has been all sorts of Flip drama this week. Steve was out playing with him in the backyard and he jumped for a ball - but came down weird and started limping. He seemed to be in a lot of pain, so I took him to the vet. One of the metal pins from his previous break is now loose and rubbing against his femur and a nerve. So it has to come out. He has his (hopefully minor!) surgery for this on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the vet sedated him and gave him a painkiller. He came home high as a kite:

Can someone turn on the Grateful Dead, man?

I also left with a bottle of pain pills to get him through until Tuesday. They make him a little sleepy...

But, dog yoga helps:

downward-facing dog

He is mostly back to his old self now. But, he still limps and won't put much weight on that leg. The vet RAVED about what a good, sweet boy he is and said he is "stoic" and in much more pain than he lets on. She called to tell me that he was so sweet - even as she prodded his painful leg and he whimpered, he licked her face. (He had to stay for the afternoon after being sedated.) I even found Steve making calf eyes at Flip as he slept. I was like, "you totally love him, don't you?" (His usual response to this is: "he's OK.") Steve goes, "YES! I love him. He's part of the family now."

I woke up this morning, Steve was gone, and this creature was next to me:

I will end the Fliptastic part of this post with a video of what he does when another dog walks by the house:


We are coming up on Wm's last week of "nothing" before school starts! After this week, he heads to NEO to visit with his grandparents, then we have our staycation week, the week following is COSI camp, then he has school testing - and school starts! He went for his annual doctor visit last week and got a clean bill of health! He grew almost 3 inches! Wm has now catapulted from the 3% in height to 13%! He also got 2 shots. Which is was super pissed about. He whined that his tetanus arm was sore for like 2 days. Wm is not stoic. But, he's a healthy dude and is growing like a weed!