(On the way to Surgery in the car)
Today is the day Titan would be having the surgery to fix his knee. We were nervous but we kept everything as normal and as positive as we could for our big guy. We woke up early and went for a nice morning stroll. I let him sniff everything and we took our time saying hi to the neighbours going to work. Titan really does love being social. We had a beautiful sunrise all pink and orange. I took this as a sign of good luck. By the time we got back we had to head out.
The drive to Caven Hill Veterinary Service is almost an hour. So we had lots of cuddles in the car ride. When we arrived at the vet office Titan walked right in with his tail wagging ready to greet everyone. It was time. We signed some forms, one saying we agreed on the price and put down some emergency numbers. We gave them half of the payment at this time. We also had to sign a form about whether or not we wanted an ECG monitor during the surgery and microchipping done. We already have Titan microchipped and the ECG was an extra $100 dollars, so we opted out. He would have blood work, xrays, and tests done that were included in the price already and we had just checked his heart the last time we were here at this vet. So once all the paperwork was in order they came around the desk and the lady held her hand out for the leash. It was very hard for me to hand that leash over and know he wouldn't be coming right home with us. Titan was even leaning on me a little, like he knew. I gave him pats and told him to be a good, brave, boy. We brought a towel from home with us and handed that to the lady as well (even though she didn't seem too pleased to take it). I just wanted him to have something that smelled familiar so I insisted. Once she had the leash off they went and I watched him walk back behind the doors. And with that we left to head home and wait for a phone call to update us.
We tried to keep busy but it was hard waiting to hear something, anything, about how it was going. Finally at 4pm I called in to get an update. The lady who answered knew who I was talking about the moment I said Titan's name. "Oh the big huge Great Dane! Oh yes I will get the vet tech". I smiled after hearing the excitement in her voice, I knew he would make friends there. The vet tech came on the line next and told us that he was just now out of surgery. It went very well and he did great. There was no complications while under sedation. I thanked her and let out a huge sigh of relief. First part was over. Next was getting through the night and hoping he wouldn't be in too much pain. Thankfully that was a good part about him staying, they can manage and monitor his pain and meds easier.
And so we head to bed, not really able to sleep, but excited about being able to bring our boy home tomorrow and start the healing process together.
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