Blog a la Cart

Last week, our Hanna Banana had a long-awaited surgery on her rear-left ACL. Back in the fall, she’d torn the ligament, and had been limping ever since. Despite no change in spirit (she’s as googley-eyed and slobbery and wiggly as ever), the limp slowed her down and we knew that we needed to get it fixed. We tried acupuncture and herbal supplements and rest with no success, so finally caved and footed the multi-thousand dollar bill for proper surgery. Life has been complicated by the recovery. She’s got another week left in the cone of shame, which she bangs and knocks into everything (including our heels) to show her displeasure, and then another six weeks of quiet and rest and quarantine from play with Gladdy. She, of course, is eager to run and play despite the gapping wound on her leg, which is heartening, but difficult to manage. How does one explain to a canine that while she may feel awesome and in tip top shape that she must rest and recover to maintain that feeling of awesome?

We have her gated off in one part of the house, and the kids spend plenty of time visiting with her and loving her up. As you can see, Sunny even brings the chicks over for a visit from time to time. James has taken to carrying her up the stairs to our bedroom every evening so that she can sleep by our bed as she always has, and then lugs her down the stairs every morning. While life chez Cart feels rather frazzled with the dogs and baby chicks and exploding indoor garden (I need it to be June 1st so we can finally (safely) garden outside sans frost), we’re chugging along. We had a lovely visit with friends, despite 5am wake ups and a toddler who prefers 10pm bedtimes, but things may be a tad quiet here as my work life kicks into high gear for my biggest event of the year and life around the farm buzzes on. As always, I post regularly to Instagram and Facebook for daily snapshots.