Tuesday, June 10, 2008
alaska . . .
Hudson all swollen and groggy from his recent surgery.
so, hudson is loving alaska. esp the porcupines. i wasn't there yet, but apparently he caught one . . . and it surprised him with a face full of quills. the boys say that he had about 40 quills on his face and that it took about 4 hours of struggle to hold him down and pull most of them out. in the process, jon's glasses got busted . . . awesome. we don't have vision on his health insurance.
when i arrived, it was appointed the task of taking hudson to the vet. there were two quills still stuck in his face and he wouldn't let us get near them. one was working its way out already, but the other was inside his mouth up where his gums met his lip. so, to the vet we went. they had to drug him so he would relax enough to let them near his face. he was all swollen and had thrown up that morning. the vet was great about taking care of him. they had to shave his face to get at the quill :( so now our dreams of using him to get money from the tourists are shot. :)
$300 later . . . (i thought we were supposed to be saving money this summer? i think this trip will cost us more than we will make with fixing jon's glasses and all the porcupines here!) he was so groggy when they brought him out of the office, he had to lean on me for support. he slept all the way home in the car (this is not usual - he will go for hours on a car ride without even sitting or lying down, he is usually pacing constantly). i had to help him in and out of the car and up the stairs to the house. he immediately went into his kennel and slept off the rest of the anesthesia.
he's feeling a lot better now. he and jack (the dog that lives at the house we are staying at) play together and wrestle. its so funny! jack can actually stand up underneath hudson, he is so much smaller. but that silly pair get along great.
right now they are lazing about the house while i struggle with the technical difficulties that shouldn't come along with printing out one's resume, but do. been here for a week now and still haven't been able to apply for a job. i am about ready to scream.
i have worked a bit though. giving massage to clients who found me by word of mouth. i just want to give people my resume.
say it don't spray it 12:16 PM
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