Author: diesal
Diesal is my 3yr old cross breed boy , and my very best friend . The last 5 months have been horrific for him, and im so proud of his ongoing bravery and ability to bounce back. After chasing a cat out of our garden, late one evening last October, he was hit by a car, which badly broke one of his legs and punctured one of his lungs. Remembering the night, still brings me to tears. The shock/ terror and fear that flooded my body when i realised the situation was very much real, and not a terrible nightmare. The car had knocked Diesal underneath a parked car, before speeding away, leaving a dark empty road, and the haunting sound of Diesal sreaming in pain. I raced over to him, and tried to calm him as he thrashed his head on the underneath of the car and paniked . It was clear i could not pull him out quickly without the risk of causing him more pain, so i ran back to the house to get my phone. At this point my poor Diesa thought i had abandoned him, and once again screamed for this life. My heart was breaking at the sound, but i knew i needed to get help. My neighbour saw me, and thankfully was able to help me organise getting D to the vets. The next day or two were just a big blurrr. The vets were not able to operate on his leg for 8days, because his breathing was so unstable. They were not sure that he would survive, at first, but on day 8 he had his leg pinned and wired back together, leaving a 3 pin external fixator on him. Poor Diesal is such a sensitive chap, and was severely traumatised for weeks and weeks. Nothing seemed to be going right, and the pins had to be adjusted 5 times, which ment D had to be anaesthetised, poked and prodded about each time, taking us back to square one . Aswell as that, he kept getting infection after infection, and was a real sorry state :( 4 and a half months later, when all pins had been removed, and D was attending twice a week physiotherapy, the vet suggested he should be admitted for 'investigations', as he was showing little signs of improvement, and had yet another chest infection. I was devastated to hear that his lungs were in a bad way, and the leg had healed in the wrong positon. The vet now wanted to amputate his leg. After months of pain he had been through trying to save his leg, he would now have to undergo more. It was heartbreaking. I was terrified his lungs would not cope with another operation, but thankfully they did. View all posts by diesal
We love the beach too! Can’t wait to hear more about Diesal … Thanks for joining the Tripawds community! š
Welcome Diesal!
Tell us your story. Beautiful beach…where is it? Ruthie & Me
Thanks Comet. This is a fantastic site. It has been a real help for me.
How are you? Ive been looking for your blog, but i cant find it. Im not too good at technical stuff.
Karen and Diesal
Hi Diesal!
I’m too cool for a dog blog! That’s why they call me cool cat Comet! Plus, I’m always on covert missions. I am the founder and leader of the A.M.B.F. (Anti-Monkeybutt Force) I just flutter around and you never know when I’ll show up!
Tell me a little more about you. You may have some qualifications we can use in our A.M.B.F.
And just remember if any human-types ask – A.M.B.F. is a rock band we started. ‘Operation Monkeybutt’ is the title of our first album.
CCC
April is ‘No More Monkeybutts’ month!
Never! And this coming from a Mod Pawd member.
FYI: Visit the Directory link at the very top (or bottom) of every blog for a list of recently updated active Tripawds Blogs.
Thanks admin for blowing it for me just when I had Diesal all impressed!
…Okay, I’m too boring for a dog blog. And no one would read it and no one would comment. And then I would cry and feel lonely. – I’m a bore.
I remember I looked and looked for Comet’s blog before I realized she was too cool for a blog. I am the drummer in the AMBF band…although, now that I think about it, I am more of a saxophone kind of dude. Anyway, welcome to the community Diesal. Do you go schwimming in the ocean?
How funny.
You guys cheer me up.
Diesal is pretty good at dancing about like a loony. ( or he used to be). Maybe he could be a backing dancer with the group?
Diesal does love the ocean. He trys to catch the waves in his mouth, and then zooms in and out of the water like a lunatic. Its very funny to watch. Do you like swimming Opie?
Oh Gawd! Diesal – don’t get Opie started on swimming! You’ll never shut him up!
Backup dancer – hey that’s an idea! Can you spin on your head, too?
Welcome Diesal! Watch out for these crazy tripawds! They will have you cracking up all the time! They are trouble, but you can’t help but love them! Maybe I am just jealous, since I am a four legged dog.
Don’t get Opie started on schwimming, but really don’t get Comet started on Monkey-butt š !
Tell us more about yourself! Love the picture!
Dillon
Hey, Diesal! I’m also a backup singer/jumper in AMBF!! I’d love a fellow backup dancer (although I must admit I’m better at jumping – but could give dancing a try!).
My mom has been away or would have welcomed you much sooner! Welcome to tripawds! We need to read your pages to hear your story, but wanted to let you know we’re glad you found us! I’m going to my friend Ernie’s house this week while my family goes on spring break, whatever that is. So we’ll have to chat some more when I get back!
Hugs,
Holly (and her mom)
Thanks Holly and Holly’s mum. Thats very kind of you. Ill be reading your blog too. I could spend all day on this site. The time flys by!
Have a great time at Ernie’s.
Take care
Karen and Diesal