~~Cowdog Levis Good to Go~~ Tues. up at 4 AM. On the road at 6 with Levi and his mom Hawk. Destination? Univ. of MO Vet Hospital. Goal? Take care of the 1/2 opening along Levis upper rt. wolf tooth that is allowing stuff into his nasal cavity, look at 2 discolored teeth to see if they are dead, see if the upper rt. top wolf tooth has survived the accident damage, and a major league dental. Levi was like a back-flipping circus performer, Open door, woo-hoo road trip, yaa-hoo, gitty up lets go, yeah...vacation day, whoop whoop.... Me, Levi, you have no idea what your day might look like. Settle down. He didnt care what I thought...he was H A P P Y...! We get to the Univ. and hes ready to bomb out of the pickup. He knows where he is at, yes weve peed on this bush before, and he was like a draft horse pullin a heavy, bogged down sled as he headed across the parking lot to the door. The receptionist, Levi, Levi...look at you, you are so H A P P Y...you look wonderful! She looks at me and is amazed at how good he looks, so handsome, athletic, bright, shiny, handsome. Me, Yes, hes thrilled to be roading around today. He has no clue! One of Levis new students comes out to greet him and get him checked in. Oddly though, Levi was not sure of her and gave her the stern look. Levi rarely knows a stranger so this was odd. I had to tell him, Levi, hey, no. Shes fine. Levis main doc came in and Levi remembered him, wiggled, but he was also a bit cold to Dr. Meadows. They decided to ignore Levi and just talk about the day, the anticipated problems they theorized from the fotos that I had posted for them a couple of months ago, and anticipated surgery procedures that Levi would go through today. Levi was not going with them out the back door. I had to tell him, Levi...go on...be H A P P Y. Off they went. I had planned to just wait in the lobby until 4 PM or so. As I stared at the clock and wrestled with being away from home, I started out the door for home. Im calving and my AI calves began arriving on Sunday night and the pace of the calves hitting the ground was going to pick up speed. I got to sidewalk, turned around, went back in and told the reception gals, Ive decided to go back home and not sit and wait for Levi. Im calving and I really need to go home. They looked at me like I was nuts to leave Levi and go all the way back home for calving. I assured them that Levi was in good hands and Id keep my cell phone close. They called the docs and apparently the docs were a tad confused, but they came to the conclusion that it would be okay. Gosh. I felt terrible. Like bad mom. Hawk and I get home, get Ducchess and Bandit, and off we go. Heading to the worst pastures with the most brush 1st. All was well at all locations the night before at 7. I dont know why I anticipate fixing problems instead of anticipating all to be just fine. Well, I do know why...because Ive been there before...you leave home and all hell breaks loose. Sometimes, just the mere thought of going somewhere will create havoc in the pasture. You can stay home 24x7x365 and all is well and the second you think you can sneak away, things will be fine...well, guess what! My pasture crew and I did 14 hrs. of work in 4. We flushed a few cows out of the brush that were prepd to calve in the solitude of the tweeting birds, under canopies of cedars, and heading them to less secluded places, shut the gates as we went along. 4 pastures & places later we had things as good as we could get it. Calves were coming, other cows were starting, and I was feeling better about having decided to come home. In between the heavy checks, we did the evening feed/water/cleaning at the cowdog kennels. They got the short version of out and about and were a little puzzled but I assured them a little play time was better than no play time. Long about 2 I headed back N for Levi. 3:30 the Dr. Meadows was explaining to me that all went well with Levi. The teeth we thought were bad were actually good. But they found 2 other teeth that had to be taken out due to serious abscessing. The hole into Levis nasal cavity was clipped and sewn shut. They were just amazed at how Levi had come out on the positive side off his accident...and in just 10 months was looking so good and back to work. The back to work part was hard for them to fathom though. They figured Levi would be retired and would never even want to go back to working cattle. Should have told them about the penning of Hammer Down. They brought Levi out to me and that H A P P Y prancing cowdog was H A P P Y no more. Nada H A P P Y. He was groaning and wanting the hell outta that place. Out the door at a snails pace, down the steps, across the parking lot, to the pickup...groaning. Ears down, head down, sad, eyes bugging out. I had to pick him up to get in the back seat of the pickup. He stepped on mom Hawk, she growled and gruffed him for stepping on her in her air space. He stumbled to the window and sat there...weaving in pain, moaning and groaning. All the way home, moaning & groaning. We wuz not H A P P Y no mo. Pain meds down the hatch Levi. He moaned until midnight when I finally tossed in the towel or passed out from being tired. What a dang day. But Levi has been released from the Univ. docs. Hes good to go as far as they are concerned. Hes a miracle dog and a part of the permanent teaching classes and continuing education courses for vet students and practicing veterinarians. Doc Meadows classifies Levi as, A miracle. A celebrity around here. A 1st in the arena of facial reconstruction at a level no one in the textbook world has ever written about...until Doc Meadows and the surgery team at the vet hospital and the newborn team at the Us doctor hospital. All is well Levi. All is well. This morning (Wed.) hes moaning but he was in the lead at 6 when I turned he, Hawk, Ducchess, Bandit, Sly, Martin and Liza out to go potty. Levi will stay home for a couple of weeks to heal up again and then he will be back on the payroll. ~All is Well
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:34:12 +0000
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