hurting

kinda a crazy week. first and worst colby hurt himself. he was running in the yard through the ivy and ran into one of the sharply cut off branches on a stump. he made the worst cries i've ever heard. i picked him up and ran upstairs where gareth was and we took him straight to the vets. they had to perform surgery to close the wound. it had even cut into the muscle. poor pup. i got out of work that night to help with him and was glad i did. he cried for hours. he's been ok since but has to wear the cone so he won't lick at it. he's spent a lot of time sleeping and looking sad. except of course when my dad came the day after to help with him while gareth was at work. he acted like his puppy self for a few hours. he gets the drainage tube out today and the stitches in another week. it's been scary and stressful for all of us. i ended up overexerting myself in that whole ordeal and when i went back to work yesterday felt absolutely awful. so i went to the after hours clinic again when i got off. they were able to give me the strong pain killers again and a note to take another week off work. i'm going to see the spine specialist again on monday to talk to him about going on disability. before all that craziness happened i had a really nice weekend. gareth took me out to olive garden. my favorite. and i went home for my mom's bday on sunday. colby had another awesome time swimming in the lake and it was nice to see my family. we finally got the new tv today. and they're supposed to come and fix the cable later. so i'm looking forward to vegging out for a little bit after not being able to for some time.