SCARY DAY!

well, since nathan was off hunting with a bunch of the guys, i've been taking care of our babies (aka, the dogs). raider and koda slept with me and i would periodically have to get up several times in the night because they wanted something like food, water, or to go outside to relieve themselves. finally i got to get into deep sleep around 4am, but i didn't wake up until maybe 11am or 12pm... i knew mom had probably let the puppy dogs outside because she does that sometimes. i didn't have any problem with it and they weren't scratching on the door or anything to come back in so i took the time to shower. when i got out of the shower mom had come back inside from talking to the next door neighbors. i then proceeded to get dressed and then chill for a few minutes and talk to her. next thing we know, nathan is calling his mom (while he is driving back from hunting) and starts shouting at her "koda just got hit by a car! how the heck did he get out!?? and all kinds of stuff. i heard it all through the phone so i ran outside in the backyard and called both raider and koda's names but i didn't hear them or see them anywhere. we immediately got in the suv to find them when raider came running up to me with a lady following him in her truck. she was just trying to figure out where his home was and prevent him from being hit as well. we loaded raider up and raced to the scene of the accident about half a mile from the house, of course on a busy road. a policeman and several concerned citizens were by koda keeping him calm and making sure he was okay. i jumped out of the suv, pouring tears, and trying to find out what happened. one of the men carried koda and put him in the back seat so i could sit next to him and he could lay his arm down comfortably. he couldn't put any weight on his right paw without yelping and crying. :(

so next thing we rush him to the closest animal emergency room off of 249. they immediately took him to the back to give him some morphine for the pain. we then met with the vet, who of course was some indian guy with a thick ass accent that could barely speak english. he then proceeded to tell us what he thought was wrong but wouldn't be for sure without a full work up.... which would cost $1,100 and they would not do anything until we signed paperwork and paid up front. like SERIOUSLY!? who the fuck does that? my animal might be dying and in serious pain and all you're worried about is getting some damn money!? go figure. greedy bastards. and on top of that, he was going to have to recommend us to a specialist which was going to cost $3,000-$5,000. so of course we said fuck that because those charges are ridiculous. even when butterscotch was routinely going to the vet for medication and tests, it never cost that much! so we left with a pain prescription.

we packed up all of our stuff as quickly as possible and loaded it in the truck to head to dallas where we have an excellent vet that could get the job done and not put us in debt. you know? unfortunately after having him just ride in the car for about an hour while we were trying to get things in order, koda was in pain and obviously didn't like riding in the car hurt. so we came back to nathan's mom's house and made him a pallet on the sunroom floor where we could watch him and he could be secluded from the traffic of the other two dogs. nathan's brother-in-law's dad told us of a vet his sister used for her dog in an emergency situation. her neighbor had shot the dog with an arrow (accident or not i'm not sure) but it went in through his head, his jaw, and even his shoulder. they had several consultations with different vets and a few told her that the chances of him recovering weren't very likely and that he would have problems with his tongue, brain, and even shoulder. BUT $400 for a surgery with this vet and he's normal again... no problems! so we're going to go to a real vet that actually cares about animals and not squeezing money out of you! so we contacted him and he called us back... we will be the first ones seen tomorrow morning right when they open! i just want koda to be out of pain and on the road to recovery.

i'm just sooo thankful for the people that stopped to help our babies when they accidentally escaped the backyard. luckily they were both wearing collars with tags and people really wanted to help and didn't just leave him to get hit by another vehicle. and i'm really upset that the kid that hit him left. the way i see it is that it's just a huge accident... it was an accident that our babies got out and it was an accident that they got hit. it's not like you drive around everywhere expecting for dogs to come racing across the street, you know? i would have forgiven them in a heartbeat. but to be so inhumane and keep driving?..... that hurts. i just hope that this sits on their conscious for quite awhile.

if you don't care about animals, you shouldn't be a fucking vet!