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11-03-2009 at 9:44 PM
kkh2002
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"Now, tell me about your dogs."

That's what Sarah's seemingly uptight neonatologist said to me today after we finished discussing her tentative discharge plans. 

Me:  Well, what do you want to know?

Him:  I want to know how many there are and how big they are.

Me:  (thinking to myself:  can't you just count the dogs on the Christmas card that's been hanging on her bed all this time?)  We have seven dogs.  The largest is 55lbs, the smallest is 10lbs.  They're not allowed in Sarah's bedroom, they're not allowed in our bedroom, we keep them brushed and they're on a high quality diet, we vacuum and sweep every day...

Him:  I'm not worried about cleanliness, I'm worried about safety.

Me:  *crickets*  Wha? 

I was expecting a lecture on how fragile and immature Sarah's lungs are and how dog hair can be a problem...instead he acted like I'm too stupid to keep my dogs from eating her.  I understand and appreciate where he's coming from...and he really knows nothing about me...and I guess the average person (outside of my dog infested world) probably thinks that anyone with seven dogs must be at least a tiny bit stupid...but really.  I would have been less offended if he'd been suggesting that my house is probably less clean than the city dump.

I explained (in great detail and in one long breath) how our dogs have all been to obedience classes, how they are expected to behave inside and outside the house, how we realize that they're animals and not just small hairy kids.  I told him that we have two performance dogs (and I actually said that part with a straight face though it cracks me up to call Veronica and Marley "performance dogs") and a soon-to-be-therapy-dog, that 5-6 of our best friends are agility or obedience trainers.  I also explained that we didn't just start working on our dogs when I got pg...we've never let them just act like fools.

I started to add that the soon-to-be-therapy-dog is a 55lb stray male pit bull that I scraped out of the road a year ago, but then I remembered that this guy will be the one signing off on Sarah's discharge.

Dude...I sure hope you're more concerned with the crack moms I've seen in the last three months than you are about me and my dogs...

**On a happier note, she could be home as soon as THIS WEEKEND!!!!**

 

 

109 days later, she's finally home!


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11-03-2009 at 9:47 PM
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I hope he can realize what a great home it is for Sarah and let her come home.
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11-03-2009 at 9:51 PM
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Tell him to pull the stick out of his butt and let Sarah go home to her doggies!! (and mom and dad of course)


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11-03-2009 at 10:05 PM
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Josie22:
I hope he can realize what a great home it is for Sarah and let her come home.

I could not have said it better!!!

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11-03-2009 at 10:12 PM
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kellbell1919:
and let Sarah go home

Oh HELL...I don't want to have to go all crazy dog lady on someone...

 

109 days later, she's finally home!


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11-03-2009 at 10:15 PM
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um, wow. that's kind of weird. i hope everything goes okay and she is home asap!

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11-03-2009 at 10:17 PM
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I'm just teasing you.  I doubt he would say she couldn't go home just because you have dogs, I mean seriously.  

Does she have to do a car seat test?  My cousins' daughter spent some time in NICU and had to pass a 3 hr car seat test (which she almost failed!)  They got her through it by singing to her so they were recommending people bring a radio or w.e. so the baby is entertained and not grumpy about it. 


Cheech is a friendly, sweet, happy go lucky clown of a cat currently adoptable in VA. He is FIV+ and needs a very special family to make sure he is happy, healthy and loved. If you or someone you know are interested in adopting Cheech please PM me!


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11-03-2009 at 10:20 PM
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LOL.. I agree that the vast majority of the world is not as dog savy as you...  you're easily amoung the 10 most dog savy of all the dog savy people I know...

That and judging from my observations hanging out in my ob's waiting room (unfortunetly something I've spent some time doing lately) the vast majority of the breeding public ARE idiots, or at least behave like them. (someday i should share the story of the KU 16 year old getting in a screaming fight with her momma and baby daddy in the WR... yeah.....)

So yeah, I guess I can see where he's coming from... but in this case, worry doesn't apply. We can inindate him with references if need be..  ;)

EEEeeeeeeek! this weekend? really!! Omg!!

p.s. my laptop keyboard is broken... it gets a new one next week, but in the meantime, i type like a first grader writes.. sorry!!

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11-03-2009 at 10:30 PM
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kellbell1919:

Does she have to do a car seat test?  

Yeah, that's on the schedule for later in the week.  I believe she'll have to do 1.5hrs.  And I also believe as long as she doesn't brady or desat she'll pass...I'm probably jinxing myself but her last brady was more than a month ago and her last desat was 10/17.  We should be good to go.  I hope! 


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11-04-2009 at 5:49 AM
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I'm rarely on here anymore but I've been following your story - congrats to you and Sarah.  I hope she gets to come home soon.  And "SLAP" - that's a big slap in the head for your doctor.
 
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11-04-2009 at 5:54 AM
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I'm sorry you had me at "THIS WEEKEND!"  I'll keep my fingers crossed that she's home by week's end.  That's fantastic!

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11-04-2009 at 7:28 AM
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Sarah will do great, she has a great mom and dad, who are have taught their dogs well on how to act. Everything will be fine.

That is so awesome she is coming home this weekend!!!!! 

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11-04-2009 at 7:44 AM
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What an a$$. But that's so exciting that she'll be home this weekend!
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11-04-2009 at 7:55 AM
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YAY to Sarah going home.  Booooo to rude doctors!





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11-04-2009 at 8:05 AM
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Yay for maybe this weekend!  I'm glad Sarah is doing well.
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11-04-2009 at 8:19 AM
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Yeay! She's coming home! What a jerkface about asking you about your dogs. I agree he should have more important things to worry about. Maybe a good question to make sure you aren't letting them run amuck, but for sure not important to question every detail.
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11-04-2009 at 8:22 AM
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How great that she will be coming home soon!  

Your doctor clearly doesn't know you!   

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11-04-2009 at 8:51 AM
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Yay for this weekend!   And what a silly doctor.  He should really learn about his patients first. :)

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11-04-2009 at 8:52 AM
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Yay for coming home!  Crazy doctor.  :(



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11-04-2009 at 9:14 AM
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I'm not above starting an angry mob and storming the hospital so Sarah can come home this weekend.

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When she goes home this weekend (keeping my fingers crossed), make sure you get a picutre of her and all the dogs together. Then you can send hima card with that picture!
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11-04-2009 at 2:55 PM
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Congrats on her coming home this weekend! She's beautiful and I love the new siggy picture! (I would have been offended by the doctor's comments, too.)

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