Just when I thought I was getting my life back on track, my dog suffers a badly broken leg. This has to be a time to try to look positive despite the mounting vet's bill.
I was taking my dog for a walk through the local wood last week and we met a couple of women with another dog. The two dogs were running around and playing with each other, rolling on the floor and dashing backwards and forwards. Everything seemed lovely in the warm summer evening. Then suddenly I heard my Bessie yelping and screaming in pain. I ran over and she was lying on her side making the worst noise I’ve ever heard from an animal.
To cut a long story short, I took her to the emergency vet and eventually found out she’d broken her leg with one of the worst and most painful breaks she could’ve suffered. After spending a lot of money (and I’m talking thousands of pounds), she’s finally back home and on the way to a full recovery.
It’ been a difficult week, but at least she should be okay. There was talk of having to amputate her leg or even have her put down if things were that bad. We look at her now and think things could’ve been a lot worse. As bad as it sounds, having to remortgage maybe isn’t that bad after all.
Sometimes, it’s things like this which help put other things into perspective.
