When It Rains It Pours

So...Scott and Susanne did not arrive home until around 6:30 am. Scott had to stop a couple of times during the drive to take a short nap so he would not fall asleep at the wheel. They were so happy to finally be home. Susanne was still not feeling well and looked forward to having a day to rest before having to go back to work tomorrow. Unfortunately, Scott had to continue his travels to Pennsylvania this morning because he had to work today. Susanne wasn't sure how he would be able to make it through the day, but she had faith.

Scott let James out before they unloaded the car. Once they were finished, he went to let him in, but James was not there. James had a heavy duty tie out cable that attached to their stair well from the basement. From all of the rain, it looked like parts of the cord had rusted, which in turn made it weak. James had broken free. Luckily, Scott found James within minutes of his search. He did not stray far and was still within the culdesac. They thought things were all good until they heard a knock at the door. Susanne was surprised when she opened the door and saw an animal control officer standing there. She was curious what he was there for especially since James had only been roaming free for less than five to ten minutes. According to the officer, someone had called to report that James was running loose and attacked their dog and children. This was not like him since he usually had the opposite problem of being overly excited when he saw other dogs or people. He had played well with others everytime he had ever been to a dog park. He had never shown signs of aggression other than when he was on his leash and that was strictly because he could not get to them. The officer went into detail about the importance of leash laws. He informed Susanne that the dog and children did not get injured and there was no evidence of any bite wounds, but if he were to ever cause that kind of damage he would have to go on an aggressive dog list. This would mean that he would have to wear a muzzle whenever he went outside among other things. Susanne let the officer know that she was a veterinarian and that she understood the importance of what he was saying. She made sure he knew the situation and that it was completely unintentional. She was curious how the officer knew where she lived and knew the name of her dog. This meant that the person that called must know of him. This made Susanne a little angry because she would have much rather that the person bring it to her attention. She was certain that he probably bolted up to the children and dog. She was even certain that he may have been barking, but if he was showing signs of aggression or trying to bite she would be upset. This was not like him and she would not wish this upon anyone. She had had similar situations happen to her when she had been walking the dog herself. She had a large breed dog run through the invisible fence and cross the street and try to attack Maverick and James. She also had a dog that was purposely off of his leash try to attack James on a walk multiple times before. This same dog had been on Susanne's property before when off his leash using her bushes as a toilet. This went for some neighborhood cats as well. Susanne never once thought about calling animal control on them, but now she was having second thoughts.

Paxton had a therapy session early this morning. It definitely came way too early for Susanne. It just so happened that the session was right after Paxton was fed. This was not conducive to him learning. He never did well with much of anything on a full stomach other than sleeping. The occupational therapist had to limit the things that she wanted to work on with Paxton to minimize the chance of him spitting up. Luckily, he only had one episode during the entire hour she was there. She felt like he was improving with his range of motion of his arms. He was consistently grabbing for toys, links, and even Susanne's face. He did extremely well especially under the circumstances.

Immediately after the therapy session, Susanne and Paxton took a nap. It was a brief one since Paxton's next feeding was right around the corner.

The day flew by and before Susanne knew it, the sun had set. Susanne was in the middle of administering medications before setting up Paxton's 9:00 pm feeding. After the second medication, there seemed to be some sort of obstruction in the tube. Susanne was unable to push the third medication through. After some steady pressure, the medication splatterd everywhere. Since it could not get through the tube, it went the path of least resistance and formed it's own way out. Now, the tube was not functional and Susanne would dreadfully have to replace it again. Why does it always seem that when it rains it pours?