Our New Life in the Country: Waiting for the Call

Friday, 13 May 2016

Waiting for the Call

Why is it when you're waiting for the phone to ring it never does!!

I took Rosy to the vets yesterday ... about a month ago she came down from the hillside with a limp, at first we thought she had pulled a muscle or something like that. We checked her over, nothing broken, examined her paw in great detail there was nothing stuck in it, so we settled back and let time start to heal.

Over the past couple of weeks she has limped more and more, usually just after she gets up from a snooze or first thing in the morning, she was fine when she was out and about walking with us and when she ran around chasing rabbits. But this past couple of days she stopped putting weight on her foot, standing on her three 'good' legs and just the tippy toes of her back left so I decided I had to get this sorted.

I took her yesterday and after she patiently let the vet prod all over her legs and joints and she really flinched at a push into her hip, so I had to make an appointment for today for her to go back for an general anaesthetic to get it properly X-rayed.

Now I'm just waiting for the phone to ring ....

Sue xx

14 comments:

e13 May 2016 at 15:53
I hope she will be okay. It is nerve wracking when my animals have problems...Best to you.
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Anonymous13 May 2016 at 15:55
Hope you get the call soon and you can take Rosy in for her ex-ray. I find it so nerve- racking taking animals to the vets, but unfortunately there are times when they just have to go (you have got to do the best you can for them). I have a poorly chicken at the moment and I am really hoping I don't end up at the vets .... again. I sometimes think these animals (especially the chickens) are out to make me a nervous wreck!! Hope all's OK with Rosy - good luck and have a nice weekend. Kind regards, Louise S, Cheshire.
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Simon Douglas Thompson13 May 2016 at 16:01
Poor dog, but she'll be ok hopefully!
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Crafting Queen13 May 2016 at 16:22
Poor Rosy, hope she will be ok.
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Deb13 May 2016 at 17:23
Sending a hug and hope that all is ok. Deb
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Simple Living13 May 2016 at 17:41
Bless, I hope she is ok xx
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Unknown13 May 2016 at 19:23
Get well soon Rosy. It's horrible when they get poorly.... I cry every time I take mine to the vets. �� Thinking of you Sue. X
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angryparsnip13 May 2016 at 21:14
Awwwww, poor little sweet baby.
I too am waiting for a vet call today. It never seems to ring.
Fingers crossed for Rosy.

cheers, parsnip and thehamish
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Living Alone in Your 60's13 May 2016 at 21:55
Its awful waiting for news. Our Jack Russell had arthritis and was on medication for the last 5 years of his life. He died at almost 17 years old.
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Meanqueen13 May 2016 at 23:05
Poor little lovey. Hope it's not too serious.
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The Weaver of Grass14 May 2016 at 16:38
I do hope it is not bad news Sue.
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Mrs LH14 May 2016 at 21:48
Sending best wishes.
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Jembella Farm15 May 2016 at 10:46
Fingers crossed it's nothing serious Sue.
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Amy at love made my home16 May 2016 at 18:33
I hope all has turned out to be OK.
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

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It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

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