Nov 04, 2008 16:09
I was in Boston over the weekend. I finished off my vacation with a Halloween party on Friday night and a Bruins game on Saturday. The party was a bit blurry, but I do remember they didn't have any food other than a half eaten platter of crackers. I'm just used to the food being the star of any party I go to, because that's how my friends roll. The Bruins game was probably the best hockey game I've ever seen. A few dirty hits from the other team and the Bruins went nuts. There were brawls, scuffles, pushes, and all-out boxing matches. There was even a point where the goalies tried to get involved before the refs stopped them. Add to that the fact that the Bruins won 5-1 and it was a good night, despite how hungover we felt.
Anyways, my original point was that I was in Boston for the weekend. So the dog stayed a couple of night's at Erin's parents house. When we picked him up on Sunday her father looked a little worried and told us that Brady had hurt his foot. Apparently he woke up on Sunday morning with a yelp and was limping pretty bad. We took him back to Erin's and he spent the rest of the day not moving and eating very little. I was hoping he'd be better on Monday, but when I woke up I had to carry him down the stairs so that he could pee. I headed to work and by the time I went home for lunch it had mysteriously spread to another leg. So I called a vet to make an appointment for today. The good news is he'll be fine. I kinda knew what was wrong before I brought him in and the vet confirmed it. The bad news is that it's Lyme disease. That's what was causing his joint pain. It's something that he'll have the rest of his life now, but the meds will put it in remission. I just have to watch and if it flares up, he needs some more meds. He's already feeling a lot better than he was over the weekend at least. He's hobbling a bit, but he's moving around more. He'll be fine in a couple of days and it was caught in time before it did anything serious. So it kinda sucks, but he'll be ok