Monday - Day 17 Gotti 08-22-11

Yup today was a leftover day as suspected. Nothing great to report on cooking today. Wasnt even planning on posting today. Just wanted to give a Gotti update for anyone that reads this. We went to the vet, well that was interesting enough as it is. For some reason I thought his appointment was at 3:30pm, and was planning to leave work around 2:15-2:30 so that I could go home and get him and head back across town. At about 1:50 something told me to go in my wallet and look at his appointment card, well don't you know that his appointment was at 2:15. UGH, how did I do this. So I ran out of work, got home, got Gotti in the car and it was already 2:20, so I called the vet and luckily they had a 2:45 open and I took that appointment. Since I missed mine, so I get to the vet and lift him out of the car put him down and turn around to grab my pocket book out of the front seat and then lock the doors. So I turn around to find the leash in my hand, attached to a collar, and no Gotti. Talk about a heart stopping moment. Here I am in a parking lot of a strip mall, and my dog is loose are you kidding me. Normal English Bulldog trait, his neck is bigger than his head and he can slip out of his collar quite easily. Normally he ALWAYS has a harness on to prevent this from being an issue. However with stiches down his sternum, he can not wear the harness, as it would rub against the stiches. Luckily Petsmart was not busy (My vet is Banfield, which is located inside of my Petsmart store) So it was a fairly empty parking lot. Here I am screaming GOTTI GOTTI GOTTI, and this dog, oh my goodness, this dog, well he was walking into the store without me. He was that excited to go to the vet, seriously?!?!? Luckily he is a good boy and when I called him (frantically) he turned around and came back to me. This poor pup has had about 10 surgeries in his 4 years of life, and had basically grown up in the vet. For the first year, almost two he was at the vet at least twice a month. You would think with everything they have done to him that he wouldnt like the vet. But oh no, he thinks of it like a second home. Anyway, everything went great. Stiches were removed, everything looks good. He still has an ear infection so I need to continue his meds for that. Since he doesnt have his spleen now, which fights infections, I need to be SUPER attentive to anything that may even look infected. But he had to get some shots, and had to update his flea/tick meds, and his heartworm meds, and get him some doggie vitamins to help boost his immune system back up for him. He is going to be super high maintence now and will need meds year round. But I have enough for 6 months, and his next appointment is in February, so I am going to break down the costs, and figure out exactly what needs to be put aside each month to cover his meds, so that it can attempt to be a little easier. and less stressful then waiting until February to try to cover his meds. I updated my calendars with reminders for him, for his meds, to get everything on track and try to be the organized person that I can be. So now that the puppy is ok, tomorrow I handle the car situation.