As you all know, Gaje has been a part of our lives for a long time now. He turned 10 this November so that means we’ve spent a decade together. He was our first responsibility other than ourselves so I guess you could think of him as our practice run at children. He’s only a little quirky so I suppose that’s good news for our boys.
Yesterday we took Gaje to the vet to have major surgery. He’s had an exponentially growing lipoma on his side for the past two years and upon the advice of a vet we decided to have it removed so that it doesn’t start affecting his health before old age does. The surgery is risky but a common one for dogs, luckily Gaje did just fine and we get to pick him up today. The recovery will be about 3 to 4 weeks and he’ll be a fraction of his former self, which is a good thing.
These decisions are hard. This surgery is costing us a lot of money. He’s a dog. But he’s been a part of our lives for so long it’s hard to think about anything other than giving our all for his care. I’m so thankful that we have the means to do so. It’s hard for me to think about a time when he’ll no longer be here with us, sharing in our family moments, so instead I’m going to think about all the good times we’re going to have after he’s healed.
Gaje on his new bed
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so glad the surgery went well! hope the recovery does too!
and i know what you mean about pets and expenses. i love my kitties like they were my kids and can’t imagine not doing what we can to help them… luckily we haven’t had anything too major yet, but sometimes i think maybe, just maybe, those people with pet health insurance aren’t completely crazy
i’m so glad gage’s surgery went well. here’s to many more happy years!
Next dog– I’m signing up for pet health insurance. Ours at CW is pretty good. I think it even covers dental. Gaje–I love you man. Wishing you a speedy recovery. I hear you dahlia about the costs. We had Pedro’s teeth cleaned last month and paid a little extra for a tarter preventer vaccince. (Which appeared to be very painful BTW.) But they called us soon after they put him under and said his glucose levels were high and he might have diabeties. I freaked out b/c I know that is expensive to keep up and we’d probably have to put him down. But he didn’t have it so we dodged a bullet this time. Gaje has a wonderful spirit and I hope he’s with us a long time. We’ve had so many memories. When I used to sleep over at the Dexter house I used to feel very privledged when I woke up with him next to me.