I have over 1800 unread emails, and a quick scan of them shows me that about half are get well wishes for Raven.
She is still in the hospital with pneumonia, and I had to come home as my mom, who has been staying with my other dogs, couldn't stay another night. This was supposed to be one night, MAYBE two, and turned into five.
The good news is she seems much better, the bad news is, every time they try to take her off oxygen, her blood oxygen levels crash down into the 80s (still better than the 70s they WERE in). Oh, and one other thing, which is DEFINITELY good news... her lungs may be a mess but Raven is cruising around with her three legs like she's been three-legged since birth. I think she's just so glad to have the pain gone, she couldn't care less about the amputation.
I am exhausted and facing a mountain of deferred work and fighting off the impulse to phone the vet clinic every five minutes for an update.
I'll have the full story later but for now I'm just too tired to type. The only remaining thing I have to say is that there are some wonderful people out there, and a lot of them seem to read my blog, based on the notes and posts I've gotten, for which I am incredibly grateful.
Now I'm off to cuddle my other dogs and sleep. And no, I am NOT going to turn into one of those journal people, I promise. I'll get back to our regular programming as soon as I have my girl home safe and well.
[UPDATE]: It's the next morning now, and she's been off oxygen for several hours and her blood oxygen level has stayed in the 90s. If it had been in the 90s yesterday they'd have let me take her home, so I'm assuming this means she's coming home today. I'll have to wait until 9 AM Pacific Time when her vet is in to know for sure.
[UPDATE 2]: We're home!
Glad you're home. The traffic Raven's well-wishers were generating on my blog was starting to eat up my bandwidth.
Just kidding ... I am so happy things are looking better now. I hope Raven comes home tomorrow!
Signed ... Guest Blogger
Posted by: gina | 13 June 2005 at 10:23 PM
Glad to hear that Raven is doing well ... doubly glad to hear that she is motoring around contentedly as a tripod ... and sending all kinds of positive energy to the resolution of the oxygen issues!
From all of us in Sacramento,
KT
Posted by: KT | 13 June 2005 at 10:33 PM
Glad things are starting to go better for Raven and you. Get some rest.
Travis
P.S. -- "one of those journal people?" Hmmph.
Posted by: Travis | 13 June 2005 at 11:13 PM
Get Some R & R....Glad to hear Raven is doing better!!
Posted by: Melanie | 14 June 2005 at 05:52 AM
Hope you're on your way to get her now!
Posted by: Gina | 14 June 2005 at 01:38 PM
Christie,
I'm SO happy to hear she's doing so much better today! What a rollercoaster ride you've both had. Hope she's safe at home tonight. Probably once she got past the post-op pain part she could start to heal up.
.......still sending......
Cathy, Leo the reddog angel, 6 kitties, 3 dogs
Posted by: Cathy | 14 June 2005 at 03:56 PM
Yay!!! I'm so glad you're both home!
Travis
Posted by: Travis | 14 June 2005 at 08:54 PM
I've been checking in all day... so glad Raven is home now!!
Posted by: Susie | 14 June 2005 at 09:29 PM
Yay! Yay!
Posted by: gina | 14 June 2005 at 11:26 PM
Hi Christie,
I'm so glad Raven is doing better.Keep us posted but get some sleep first!
Tunia,Argyle and Willie
Posted by: Tunia | 15 June 2005 at 08:50 AM
Christie-
We're sending our most healing thoughts to you and Raven. She sounds like quite a fighter and she has a great mom to help her adjust to this new chapter in her life.
Mimi
Posted by: Mimi | 15 June 2005 at 10:38 AM