settling closer to normal

kara came through her surgery fine. i haven't actually seen her finger yet, because it's bandaged and is supposed to remain bandaged until next thursday. however, the gauze is already fraying and the end of the tape is loosening, so i don't know that she won't take it off and peek at her finger, even before the weekend is out. allegedly, her fingernail was removed and a pin was put in place. she had local anesthetic and a nerve block, and while the surgery was going on she discussed whisky with her anesthesiologist. the procedure only took half an hour, and things went quite smoothly.

it's been a whirlwind of a week. this morning i was up and thinking about letting sagan out of her crate before i remembered that she's gone.

here's a little taste, if you will, of what she did to max. (the image enlarges significantly if you click on it.) his leg is shaved in that one spot because there was a catheter there during his anesthesia. there's a drain there on the top of his head and another one in his neck. despite all of that, he seems relatively all right. still old and demented and creaky and fragile and unstable on his feet, but relatively all right. he's actually rather camera shy, so it's hard for me to get a good shot of him. he sees the vet monday and the drains should come out then.

it's saturday today. i'm off work and am about to go on a few errands. kara wasn't up to going out to dinner last night, so we're thinking about a lunch at an irish pub we recently discovered (though for all we know it's been there for years!) called doyle's. it's next door to king's books and we might well browse there a bit after we eat. then she'll do a bit of schoolwork and i'll study some for the exam i'm taking this coming wednesday. i'm back to work tomorrow but she's off for another week. on we go.