Oof, I wish this wasn’t so.
I’ve had some sweet time scheduled with the real Harper the Love puppy, my grandpuppy, while her boy is away on business.
I didn’t grow up with pets and never had a puppy of my own. I’ve learned this week, the hard way, that there is more I should have known before agreeing to be the responsible party for this visit. It’s embarrassing really, that I didn’t think to look up all the possible toxic items that a dog might encounter in the basic home and garden.
Yet, I didn’t.
And little did I know that in our lovely backyard, filled with many edible and enticing fruits and flowers, our sweet grandpuppy who loves to scarf up anything and everything, could run into real troubles. Case in point, I had no idea the all american vitis vinifera, the common table grape growing on our trellis, dropping on the patio when the birds feast, was going to be a potential cause of kidney damage!
How did I not know this? Insert lots of breast beating, guilty sobs and moan. Also complete frustration that after many hours at the emergency vet hospital small animal clinic, exams, emetics, blood tests, and monitoring said small animal still tried to find any grape hiding in the grass that escaped our clean-up activities.
It was my first scary visit to a pet ER and I did not like it at all. Lucky for me there were very kind, more experienced pet owners, willing to commiserate and encourage even while waiting for their own bad or good news.
The doctors and staff were also very kind and caring. And amazingly Harper was happy to see the doc when we arrived for blood draw II. Thank goodness her kidneys seem to be doing ok
Oof, my anxiety and blood pressure have been through the roof, and the progress on publishing projects has been nill.
Sweet Harper forgives Granny, stays true to her accepting nature, and still loves me soooo much, anyway.
Now I just have to forgive myself.
And, like my favorite Maya Angelou quote, now that I know better, I can do better.
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Thanks so much for reading and commenting. It’s been too long! Let’s schedule something soon.
Hi Lisa,
Oh my goodness! I am so sorry you had to go through all of that with your grandpuppy. I am glad he is doing okay. I hope you are recovering from your traumatic experience. I am so happy to see that you have published a new book for children. Congratulations!
We hope to see you and Pierre in the near future.
Joan