Ella Luna Is Back Home

Well Ella Luna is back home and on the mend...thanks goodness.

The time leading up to the surgery was stressful and I kept panicking.

The day of the surgery was terrifying as usual...passing her off the the doctor and nurses is always one of the worst feeling in the world to me...I have a really hard time with that.

BUT we have the best vet ever. 

He let us stay with her in a private room with binkies etc..

right up to the minute he came in to knock her out for the operation.

The cut is much more extensive then we expected for once he got in there the infection

was spread along that side of the body more than anyone thought....

But now she's home and on the mend. 

I am breathing normally once again

and our heart rates have returned to normal, somewhat, ha ha.

The cut looks good so far, and it's not bugging her nearly has much as her twice daily antibiotics

or the sweaters we are making her wear to help avoid little miss from picking out her stitches.

This darling of ours has had 3 surgeries before this one and every time she nimbly picks out the stitches!!!

You can find me sitting on the floor with her in the wee hours of the morning, making yet another sweater, since she pulls and nibbles on them so much, usually after a day they are worn out and don't fit anymore!



We are honestly pretty exhausted here in the warren of the Saile-Petersons, ha ha.

Jonathan had to use a few days holidays to stay home and help me with Ella.

Watching her and making sure she's okay, cleaning the wound 3 times a day, giving her the medicine, making sure she is not getting at her stitches, or getting stuck in the sweaters somehow! or not falling over on the sore side (she actually rolled over on her head and onto her back this morning whiles trying to wash her face!) is a full time job....we're even sleeping in shifts, so one of us is with her at all times.

Than there was the week before the surgery when my back went out, ugh!

and I had quite a few migraines due tot the stress no doubt but also probably abit too much painting...

Than I am feeling abit of stress knowing that the tax papers must be put in order and filed soon...

on top of sleeping on the floor and feeling abit bruised around the hips...

THAN

there's all the work to be done for my fast approaching solo exhibition...

plus I am nervous that the abscess will come back, which is a possibility

...but right now we're just happy our girlie is home.

My dad swooped in like an angel (an angel with a broken foot that is)

and took a bunch of my pictures home to make frames for them...and I know his framing rocks,

so that was a big weight off my pile...THANKS DAD.

Thanks also to everyone who emailed and wrote wishing her well, that meant the world. 

I passed along every single sweet word, snuggle and kiss that you guys sent.

XO Mandy and Ella Luna XO