[alaskayorkie]

Thanks, everybody, for the warm wishes and insight. I appreciate it.

Just an update. I dropped him off at 7 a.m. (It's 1 p.m. now). I don't expect to hear back until 4 or 5. They had to do X-rays, bloodwork, then I'm not sure where he was in line for surgery. I'll try to post something when I hear anything, but don't panic. I'm working tonight and may not have a lot of time to post.

The plan is for my wife to pick him up around 5 and take him to Pet Emergency for the night. Surgeon wanted to keep him in his office, but it's not staffed from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. I wasn't comfortable with that. Rather than bring him home to the curiousity of Jillie and Rusty, I arranged to leave him where he'll have 24-hour care.

I'll pick him up tomorrow morning.

Oh, and one of those things that make you crazy: He's been limping 99.9 percent of the time for 11 days, but wouldn't you know it today he started putting weight on it. He went outside to poop and was occasionally walking on four legs. Then at the vet's office, he was actually pulling on his leash to see the tech. Still, he was limping 75 percent of the time, so I went through with it. I just want to take away the pain.