Update on Bentley

[Libby & Bentley]

First of all, thank you so much for all of the support on our last post regarding our accident. It brought me to tears to see all the support, and had my DH amazed at the outpouring of prayers, etc for us. You all truly have helped us through this.

Bentley had his surgery on Wednesday morning. The surgeon called us afterwards and told us the surgery went perfect and Bentley was just waking up from the anesthesia..and kinda funny- Bentley was wagging his tail before he even woke up.

I worked at the hospital 2p-10p that night, so we went to visit him at 10:45 pm..he was pretty gorked out..and whined alot...but I think he was mostly mad about the ecollar they had on him as he couldnt get close enough to me..rather than being in tons of pain.

He came home yesterday afternoon..and his hip has been pretty stiff, but we've been working witth it. It's much looser already today and he's his normal happy go lucky self..bounding all over the place. The hardest part is preventing him from running and playing...so we're relying heavily on bully sticks and other stationary toys.

He will get his 26 staples out in 3 weeks, and have a repeat xray in 6. No stairs the whole time (hard as we have 3 floors in our home)

Total Cost:
Emergency Vet: 350
Surgery/Hospitalization: 2450
Car holster/new bed/bully stick/additional spoiling from petsmart: 100

lesson learned-harness your dogs in the car...not only is it expensive if an accident should occur, it's so emotionally draining as our doods are a part of our families.

will try to get pictures up soon..here is a link to a pic on my facebook album
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=36966345&l=e35f9dd34b&...

[Leigh & Allie]

Thank you for the update. I have been wondering about Bentley. Thank you for telling everyone about this. What kind of car holster did you get. Since your last post I have been thinking the one I have is not good enough;) Get well soon, Bentley!!

[Clifford, Cloud, Jake..and Kim]

Clifford and Foster Latte send lots of hugs to Bentley. They can't imagine being quiet for so long! Glad you are on the road to recovery Bentley - get well soon.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Poor baby. At least the worst is over and Bentley is on the road to recovery.

[Rose]

Get well soon, Bentley! Hugs to you and your family.

[Kyoko]

Poor Bentley... But I am glad to hear that he is doing well....

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Glad to hear the surgery went well. Hugs to you & Bentley, hope he heals quickly and is soon as good as new!

[Linda, Webber and Seda]

I am so glad that Bentley's surgery went well and he is on the mend. That was an emotionally and financially expensive lesson to learn.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Oh, this poor baby. As least the surgery is over....all our best to your cute boy!

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

I'm so glad to hear the surgery went so smoothly and successfully!! Thanks for sharing your experience with us. We are now shopping for a booster seat for little Tara!!

And Bentley we hope you are completely healed and back to your bouncy self real soon!! Hugs and DK from Ricki & Tara

[Lisa {Zoe's Mom]]

I've been out of the loop for a wee bit and I'm so sorry to hear about Bentley. Having him around to love.....PRICELESS! So glad to hear he made it through surgery and is already on the mend! Positive thoughts and prayers going up for complete healing.