Fuzzy Bear

Some of you (okay, more like 3 people who reads this blog) probably noticed that I haven't been updating... that's because on Tuesday, Nov 20th, my boyfriend and I were getting ready to go snowboarding. He was outside putting the boards on the rack and I was inside locking up the house. Our dog, a Husky named Fuzz aka Fuzzy Bear, was in the fenced front yard. I don't know how it happened but somehow he escaped. Whenever Fuzz runs away, he usually heads straight for the dog park but it is scary because he has to cross 2 busy streets to get there. He's always gotten lucky and has gotten there unharmed but on that day, his luck ran out. :(

We ran down the street to get him, a black woman was waving and yelling at us (she knew Fuzz was ours) and pointing at some Mexicans in a car who had pulled over (yeah, they didn't run... surprising). Fuzz was limping and he was all bunched up and crying and drooling a lot. It broke my heart to see him like that and I just broke down. His front left leg looked like jello.

We took him to an animal hospital and it was $400 just for the x-rays. His leg was broken and he had an open fracture. An open fracture is when your bone sticks out of your skin and he needed to get surgery to fix his leg. Needless to say, we didn't go snowboard that day. We stayed at the vet's for like 3 hours while they x-rayed then prepped Fuzzy Bear for surgery.

We had to leave because they needed to perform the surgery and they assured us they would call when done and that we could see him that night. We were hoping to take him back home but they said he had to stay overnight and some of the next day. :(

His surgery went really well and it was sad to see him after the operation. He was so drugged up, he just laid there. We petted him for a while and kissed him then we went home for the night.

The next day, we were able to take him home. We were given 4 different medicines to give to Fuzz and we were told he has to have strict confinement to his cage for TWO MONTHS. He's only allowed out to go to the bathroom :( This really sucks because, one, he's a husky, he LOVES to run. Two, he's only a puppy. He's not even a year old! He doesn't seem to mind the cage though, he's been really good about staying in there. He comes out to pee, then he walks straight back to his cage and lays down. We leave the door open all day and he just stays there, resting his poor little broken leg. He has two pins in there holding his bones in place. The pins will eventually be removed.

The vet also gave us the bill... OH FUCKING GOD. $3,500 TOTAL. FUCK. Luckily we got approved for a monthly payment plan, but it's gonna take us 6 years to pay it off. I'm going to make another blog to keep everyone updated with Fuzzy Bear's recovery.

Some pictures of our baby:


Fuzzy chewing on his favorite bone


Chilling like a villian in his favorite spot in the house


Fuzz after he got hit by a car :( That's not an actual cast; it's a bandage to cover the pins.




It makes me really sad to see him in this state but he is getting better every day so that's something to smile about. He'll be 100% recovered in no time, hopefully. He's a tough boy!