PIper Gets Tumor Removed, AND THEN.......

Piper went in this morning to get a "tumor" removed from her neck/chest area. The vet says this is common in Boxers, so that relieved us a little. Of course, they have to take a biopsy of the tumor they removed and let us know. I'm sure it will be benign.

So, Piper comes home and she's not home but 5 minutes when she RIPS OUT HER STITCHES!! Of course, Hubby has left to pick up fresh fish for dinner. I call him, FREAKING OUT, and tell him she has ripped out her stitches and it is bleeding, and she needs to go back to the vet! ARRGGHHH..... BLOOD......!!!!! BLECH...UGHM.... (just how do you spell that throw up sound?).......
I grab her neck and scratch her body (where I can reach) and hold her head up so she won't attack her wound any more!! I do this for what seems an eternity before hubby returns home to get her to take her back! Hubby gets home and calls the vet to ask him what to do. WTFREAK?????!!!! WHY ARE YOU SPENDING PRECIOUS TIME CALLING THEM WHEN HER WOUND IS WIDE OPEN???!!!!! MEN!!!!!!

OF COURSE, he tells him to get her right back over there so they can fix her up! DUH!!!!!

When they leave, I call the vet back to ask why they sent her home like that without any kind of protection? Trying to ask NICELY, I ask, is that the norm? or what is it we're supposed to do??? And, can he send back a cone, and helpful would be some kind of antiseptic that we can spray on that can keep her stitches from itching. He says "I'll make a note of that in the chart." Hmmmm........ Ok, now I just wait and see.....
MEN!

The Building of a Side Fence Saga

Hello out there.... Is anybody there?? I know, I've neglected my blog for a while... I go through these phases sometimes. Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa.... :-D

DAY 1: I get a wake up at dark thirty (well early for me, really only 8:30a.m. tee-hee) call from my neighbor telling me that he has hired a crew to knock down the existing fence and build a new one. Didn't your hubby tell you, he asks? GROAN.... this means I will not be able to let Piper outside by herself. GROAN... Oh well, so now Piper is awake too, and I now have to take her outside and then I get to bring her back inside right away! Well, okay, how long can building a side fence take? Two days at the most? The crew shows up about 10a.m. - a little later than I thought they would start, but at least they are here to get started.
***** In the meantime we rig up something to hold Piper in the yard. I find an earth tiller (I think that's what it's called) and tie an extended leash to it. The first attempt she pulled it out. It's all fixed now, so she can do her thing in the yard and still reach the patio. Ok, it's only for a couple of days....
******Of course, I bring her in the house in between her outings, but she is still ROWDY, and biting and tugging on my clothes (she's only 9 months)! My entire fist now fits comfortably in her mouth... groan.... So, back outside she goes! I hear the trucks start up, it's barely only 3:00p.m. and the workers are leaving??? What the HECK??!!
DAY 2: Piper wakes up at 3a.m. & 7:30a.m. to go outside. Ugh. Hubby gets the 3a.m. outing. The fence is still down so she can still not go out alone. Workers show up about 9ish, then they leave after about 30 minutes!! WHAT THE HECK??!!! AAARRRGGGHHH....
***** I debate on whether to call the neighbor and fill him in. I don't want them to take advantage of him, and Piper needs her roaming space, but I don't want him to think I'm being a busy body; so I give him a call anyway. He says they called him & said they had an emergency, and would finish the next day. Hmmm... just what kind of emergency could there be to take the whole crew away? Hmmm.....
DAY 3: I saw one person working on the fence at 10a.m., he left after an hour or so. Another person showed up about 4:00p.m.!!! He stayed until 6:00, then packed up and went home!!! WT HECK??!!!
****Piper is not getting enough exercise, even with her walks, so she's been waking us up at 3:00 a.m. to go potty! I've been trying to keep her up late so she won't wake early, but it's not happening! So, I'm not sleeping well, nor is my hubby who has to get up at dark thirty for work, and I have to take a sleeping pill, or I'll be awake all night! No, I don't get it either, you'd think after getting up at all hours that I'd sleep well. Don't know. Everybody is off schedule!
DAY 4: (Today 4/2) Two men and one woman showed up to work on the fence, and it's10:00a.m. YEA! At least more than one person is here! Oh WAIT! There are 3 more people here! Two small girls - ages 3 & 4 (barely) and AN INFANT!!! At first I only saw the 2 little girls running around the board and nails and electric saws; and then, I saw an infant carrier sitting on the ground next to the fence post (just recently placed)! WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE THINKING???!!!
********A little while later, the dad is working away with a NAIL GUN, and the mom (holding the infant) and the 2 girls come walking up. The 2 girls walk directly behind the dad, while he continues to shoot those nails, while the mom talks to the dad!!! She doesn't even tell them to move away!!!!!
I'm just beside myself! I have to move away from the window so I won't pound on it and yell at her to get those kids away from there!
********At about 4:30p.m. THE FENCE IS UP!!! YEA!!!!! I run outside and let Piper loose!! YEA!!