Visit to the ER

I know that title might be scary, but luckily the visit to the ER was not the human ER. Aspen was playing hard with his toys last night and in his excitement to bring daddy his froggy, he dropped it out of his mouth, and tripped over it! He wouldn't put any weight on his front paw that he slid on, and we got very worried. We examined him for about 5 minutes before we decided we weren't sure if his shoulder was out of place. He cried a little at first, but then just got very quiet and lethargic. Since our vet is about 25 minutes away, we decided to call an animal hospital closer to our new home. They took our information over the phone and asked us to head there immediately.

We wrapped Aspen in his favorite blanket, and he got to go for a ride. As soon as we got to the vet hospital, they triaged him immediately, and they said he wasn't in distress.


We waited about 20 minutes, then the doctor came in to examine him. He was very good during the examine, and luckily his shoulder was not out of socket. He would not put much weight at all on the leg, but when she did all the tests, he didn't react to any of the tests on his leg. She said she didn't think an x-ray was necessary unless it gets worse. She gave him a shot for the pain, and lots of pain pills for the next couple weeks. He is now the one on bedrest for 2 weeks, no stairs, no jumping and no running... that should be fun!

Luckily our little guy seems OK as he slept well last night, and we'll be taking extra good care of him this weekend. We think this might be his last ditch effort to get some extra love before the twinkies invade the family!

This weekend will be full of painting and working on the house. Eric has invited some of the guys over tonight to tackle the high ceilings in the entryway and the family room. I am getting out of the house so I don't have to worry about the high ladders and paint on my furniture :) I'll be excited to come home after and see the progress that is made.

Eric is still getting used to the new night shift schedule. He sleeps during the day and some days he sleeps well and others are quite a challenge. He is staying positive and enjoying the new position, though, so that makes me very happy.