All dogs go to....rehab?

Our baby boy had surgery right before Christmas. We always knew something wasn't quite right with his left hip when we picked him up at the shelter, but we thought he'd grow out of it. Unfortunately he grew right into hip dysplasia! We had a tough decision to make, but knew we didn't want our poor Jake to be in pain any longer.



We took him to Dr. Weale who works with Dr. Taylor at Healthy Pets of Wedgewood. They chopped the ball off of his leg (the thing that fits in the socket) and bam, no more pain! Well...surgery pain. AND rehab pain. The Dr. and Vet Techs have been SOOOO good with Jake. Probably because he just takes it. He's just sooo laid back.

He's manly; he rocks the pink.

The rehab folks came up with all kinds of fun contraptions for him to wear to work those muscles! He never used his left leg muscle really, so it was badly atrophied.

I'm pretty sure this was his least favorite thing. Sometimes you just have to hop on the treadmill, let the water rise up and run.

Darn he's a good pup! Going on 6 weeks of rehab this week...hopefully we'll have our normal doggie back soon.

From one project to the other...

Since the house is done-zo, we are on to more projects! The biggest one coming up is the BIG DAY. Some have said that this will be a stressful occasion...but honestly, I think renovating a house is a little scarier - more dollars, more unknowns, fewer experts in the market - when you wait until your late twenties, you've seen so many weddings and have so many connections that it becomes kind of (gulp and dare I say) easy.

What was super precious is that Adam knew exactly where he wanted us to tie the knot. Our beloved Goodale Park which is only a few blocks away is where we'll say the vows and then off to COSI, Columbus's science museum.

The gazebo where we'll stand.

COSI - the outside upper plaza.

A bird's eye view of COSI by the river.

We're excited :o)