Our Sweet Little Boaz

Good Morning from Oklahoma!  Today is a GREAT day!  I say this because the last few days have been a bit rough.

This is Boaz.  He is a Yorkshire Terrier and he is Sarah's best friend!  He is sweet, funny, lazy, adorable and we don't know what we would do without him.

On Sunday morning we let him outside to go to the bathroom. ( just like every morning)  Normally he just cruises around (not too far from the bus), takes care of his business, and checks to see if the land is the same as he left it the night before.  Then, when someone opens the bus door, he heads on back inside for some breakfast and a nap.  Cruising around must use up quite a bit of energy!

Well, on this particular morning, things were different.  When the guys went out to work on the barn, Barrett heard what he thought was a wounded animal in the bushes.  When he got to the noise, he realized that it wasn't just any animal.  IT WAS BOAZ!!!  Barrett has a dog named Gus and he was with Boaz.  Gus was licking him all over and he was completely soaked.

This is Gus.  He is very protective of Boaz!

  Monty picked up little Boaz and sent Will to get me and a blow dryer.  Monty began to dry him and I began to try and see what was wrong.  His mouth was bleeding a lot, but other than that we didn't know what was going on.  It seemed as if we would get the bleeding to stop, only to have it start again when he would move.  He was very shaky on his feet and just didn't seem quite right.  Now remember, this is a Sunday morning.  We live in the Bible belt.  All vets were going to be in church and this was going to be an emergency visit!  BUT, this was Boaz and we really didn't have much choice.  His breathing just didn't sound right and the bleeding would not stop.  So, Monty (he really has a soft heart) called the vet.

We wrapped Boaz in a towel and loaded up in the car.  It was Monty, Sarah and I who went to town.  The boys and Devin stayed at the farm.  We arrived at the vet (yes, he was in his Sunday clothes) and he began to check Boaz.  The first thing he found was that Boaz had a broken jaw.  Now how could this little guy have a broken jaw!!!  There was nothing at the site where we found him that could have broken his jaw.  This is a mystery!  We have continued to go over the site, but can not figure out what happened.

They did surgery on Monday and everything went well.  Boaz had a hard time coming out of the anesthesia, but he seems to be doing good.  He stayed at the hospital until Tuesday and Sarah and I went to pick him up.  We bought him a brand new bed and put his favorite blankie in it.  He is on pain meds and antibiotics.  Sarah slept right next to him last night and she said that he woke up 4 or 5 times, but slept good other than that.  He is eating and drinking and sleeping.  When we took him outside to go to the bathroom, he got very scared.  He began to shake and couldn't even go to the bathroom.  We just keep telling him that we won't let him go outside by himself.  And that we won't let anything happen to him.  Someone will be with him at all times!!!

If any of you happen to think about him during the day, just say a quick pray that he will continue to get better!  We are so happy to have him back home!

Hope all of you have a great week!  We will talk again soon!