#hush puppy

As you may have guessed from my lack of posts recently, it’s been REALLY busy in the hospital.  As in, complex surgeries are currently scheduling in August.  But… This little hush puppy dog is going to be the feature of an Easter Basket when he gets home, so I thought it was pretty timely to share his story this weekend. :-)

His family actually wrote back in December after he had an unfortunate  run-in with the washing machine. (I will spare you all my opinion of washing machines and stuffed animals… if you haven’t read it, and you want to do so, it is here … and a second post is here.)  In the author’s defense, she didn’t put the puppy in the washing machine. :-)  She wrote:

There is no rush on this repair since he has been sitting in the laundry room for awhile. My 45 year old son rides bikes and this puppy has been with him on all of his MS Bike Runs. Sooo he wanted to wash him and his head got destroyed and it looks like a piece of his fur is missing from the back of his head.

Here are the diagnosis photos she sent:

Now coincidentally, I have one of these same exact puppies!  So I knew exactly what he was supposed to look like, and knew I had quite close fur if he needed any transplants.  We waited a few months for him to come in both because it was the holidays (always riskier for travel) and the hospital was crowded, and because it gave his stuffing time to thoroughly air dry before he went in a dark box for his trip (thus avoiding mildew issues).  He came in last month for wound repair only.  Here he is all better after his surgery:

His person wrote:

He looks new and I think he will look great in an Easter Basket. I am so happy I found you.

So here’s to you, a hopefully not quite so sad puppy.  I hope you (and all of you readers, too) have a happy Easter, are having a good pesach, or are just enjoying the start of spring.  :-)