Sunday, January 24, 2010

Homecoming

Rocky is back home, upstairs in the office with Molly, Emmylou, and me. The trip to and from Blacksburg was cold and wet, but uneventful. He seemed happy to see me and he got into the van pretty much on his own. He's wearing two collars designed to keep him from messing with the bandage on his head but he managed to get it off anyway. They limit his range of sleeping positions, but he's adapting and coping with it. He's got pills for pain but nothing else to take for now. I'm relieved to have him home.

These pictures are of Rocky and Paul, the vet student who was in charge of the care and handling of Rocky and me for the past 12 days. Paul is in his 4th year and is interested in research rather than clinical work, but he was very good, conscientious, and caring. I couldn't have asked for more. The surgeries seemed to go very well. Rocky has no more or less hearing than he had before, but he has a lot less pain.

It is impossible to do just one thing at a time in rescue work. Although this was the day of Rocky's triumphant return home, it was also the day that a boxer boy named Diesel (below) and a female mastiff mix called Felicia (left) made their way out of southwest Virginia to a new and brighter future. The mastiff was just a transport to another rescue group, but Diesel will be staying here with us until we find him a new home. Boxers have always generated a lot of interest when I've had them in the past. Diesel seems like a great guy, although he's outside in a kennel right now telling me that he's an indoor boxer.

2 comments:

Scott Rothe said...

"Yay" on Rocky!

"Woof" on Diesel...what a handsome guy he is!

Buds Buddy said...

Glad to hear Rocky is home and the surgeries seem to have been successful in every way. Kudos to Paul at VPI and best wishes to all at VA Dog Rescue!