Horrible Monday from hell (surgery and ill dog)

Hi all..

Those that game with my wife and I know that she's been having major problems with a hip injury that she sustained a few months back. Well, they finally figured out what the problem was, and surgery was recommended. Today is the day she goes under the knife. Now the surgery is arthroscopic, which is "minimally invasive", but still it's surgery involving anestetic, so I'm a lot freaked out about it. She actually is going under the knife in a few minutes. Those of ya'll that pray, please put her in your prayers, those that aren't, a bit of well wishing would work wonders. I

am actually home right now, watching our dog. She is 10 years old, and I honestly think she doesn't have much more time on this Earth. For the past 2 weeks she has been steadily going downhill fast. She is at the point now where here back legs give out on her, and she is throwing up mutiple times a day. Today she is very listless, and I think her time has come.

So...I'm having a "GREAT" Monday. Claire (my wife), has at least 2 or 3 weeks where she won't be able to walk unaided, and then another month of taking it easy on her hip. Going to be really rough on her (and let's face it...on me!)

I don't know what to do about Pig (our dog) I'm taking her to the vet to see what he says. I'm afraid we might have to put her down though. You can tell she is in pain, and I hate to see an animal suffer, so I'll do what has to be down. A prayer for her wouldn't hurt as well..

Thanks for listening.......