Luna Lovegood has been sick for the past week. And when you have a pet who is ill, your reaction is similar to that when your kids are sick. You worry when they mope and sleep all day and night. You grow sad when things that they adore, like stuffed animals and food tidbits dropping on the floor, are of no interest. Your heart aches when you hear them moaning and in pain.
The cause? Apparently an infection behind the plates in her left hip from this surgery 18 months ago.
On day two of "the woes," as I call them, I found Q. on the floor next two her like this:
And it was pretty much the cutest thing. Ever. But if you look at Luna's reaction, you get a sense for just how sick she was.
Today, nine days and nearly $1000 later, she's 90 percent better. She's happy and playful, but she's still light on her left hind leg. She'll be on meds for the next month and here's the stink of it: if she doesn't fully recover, the vet will have to replace the plate on her left hip.
In the meantime, the rest of us have been crafty. We've baked. We've played baseball until our arms hurt and our voices can no longer yell, "Hustle! Hustle!" And mostly, we've been waiting for our puppy to get her groove back. Like this:
