Enough About Snow...Let's Give Baxter a Hug

I think I posted a while back about Baxter's head bump.  We dropped him off last night at the vet for them to do surgery today to remove it.  After the surgery the vet called and said everything went well, that she thinks it's a fatty lipoma but she's not positive so she's going to send it off for testing.  She said his heart worm was negative and he did well with his vaccines.  And for once, we didn't get lectured about his weight, but that's probably because we switched vets.  

But, because today is a snow day, again, they asked that we pick him up at 1100 in case the weather got worse and we weren't able to get there later in the day.  He was still really groggy from the anesthesia when he got home and though the boys were so excited to see him, we wanted to keep them away so they didn't touch his boo boo; they surgery was right next to his left eye.

It took a while to settle everyone down and Baxter really struggled.  He didn't want to lay down for some reason so he was fighting falling asleep while sitting.  I felt really bad for him, at the same time, it was pretty funny to watch him catch himself before he toppled over.

Anyway, he's doing a ton better now.  Tomorrow when we go to work, we're going to put the cone on him so he can't scratch it during the day.  He actually only tried to rub it in the snow, but other than that, hasn't gone after it at all, so he'll probably be really mad at us for putting it on.  But, he's a dog and we need to protect him from himself.

Hugs to you Baxter, we're happy you made it through your tough day with flying colors!