[Sunnydayz]

Last night while my husband was caring for Gizmo, while I was trying to get pain under control on my back, I could hear my husband just cracking up laughing while he was playing with him.

The last 4 years have been rough. I had a spinal cord surgery that left me partially paralyzed, although I can still walk for the most part, things are very difficult for me medically and I've had at least 10 following surgeries for other things it has caused through out my body due to loss, of certain functions. I don't talk about it much.

Then in June my husbands company, where he works as an industrial fire fighter was sold, so there's been so much stress for us.

My pain doctor knows how much I love animals, as I am always talking about my cats every month I go in, and he was the one who suggested I get a dog, for physical therapy as well as companionship, as my husband works a lot of overtime, so kind of like a service dog as I am handicapped.

Well Gizmo came along and needed rescuing, so it was the perfect situation. I think I bonded with him so much so quickly, because he almost died and so did I. Hearing my hubby just laughing so much at him last night while playing, made me realize I hadn't heard that in so many years, and it brought tears to my eyes, tears of happiness, because it had hit me how much joy such a little pup, has brought into our home. It was so wonderful to realize how much laughter we now hear constantly :-) this all thanks to little Gizmo, who made me see I can still laugh at the top of my lungs, and forget for a while the pain :-)

I will have to give a big thank you to my Doctor at the next appt. or making the suggestion of me getting a dog xoxo