HAPPY EASTER

Happy Easter x

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.

5 thoughts on “HAPPY EASTER”

  1. Hi Diesal!
    Welcome to tripawds and hoppy Easter to you! What a great picture of you among the beautiful flowers.. such a handsome boy! We are just getting up to speed on your blog and wanted to welcome you and let you know that we are happy that you seem to be doing so well. I’ve read about where you live and it’s always been my dream to travel there. It must be so beautiful. We lived at the beach for years (in LA) and just loved it. Mackenzie has always been an amazing water dog but now she gets to swim in the pool which isn’t so bad. We just got one of those float coats and we can’t wait for her to use it once it gets a little warmer (we’re from LA). Mackenzie’s a golden who recently celebrated her 8th birthday and 4 month, 2 weeks & 2 days ampuversary (but who’s counting??) So you are in good company with all of us here. We look forward to hearing more about you!
    Kami (Mackenzie’s Mom)

    P.S. Be on the lookout for those A.M.B.F. recruiters! They can be very clandestine….

  2. Thankyou Kami,

    That’s very kind of you.

    Ive just been watching your video of Mackenzie. She looks so sweet. I still find it very emotional to read about what other brave tripawds have been through. They are truely amazing. Its good that you didn’t have to make any decisions about her last chemo.

    I hope the weather will now warm up quickly, so she can get in the pool. Im looking 4ward to those pics!

    Thankyou for welcoming us
    Karen and Diesal

  3. Daffodils!? You have daffodils?? I’ve heard of places that are green in April; we’re not one of them. The last glacier on our front lawn finally melted (Edmonton Alberta Canada).

    And we’re MONTHS away from dreaming of getting in any type of pool.

    Lovely, lovely picture. Thank you for sharing it!

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