Darwin's Spay Appointment

Andrew and I had to get up early this morning in order to drop Darwin off at the vet's for her spay procedure today. They'll be keeping her over the next two days. I took some pictures of her before we took off.

Darwin was actually quite cooperative this morning.

When we put her into the carrier she actually stayed in, even with the door unlatched.

She and I spent last night curled up together in bed, her head rested on my right shoulder.

I know that Darwin will only be away for two days, but I am going to miss her. In fact, I already do. I'm also very worried about her. There are quite a few risks involved with the surgery. I'm trying not to focus in on those. I am concerned that she will experience a lot of pain. I know that they will be giving her something for that while they have her, but after she comes home she'll have to endure it all on her own. I really can't discuss this anymore; it upsets me too much. The vet will phone me when he is all through. I'll post the results then. That is, provided that we still have power at that point. Hurricane Isabel recently made landfall in North Carolina and she's on her way over to Virginia (Arlington, where I reside, is in the Northern region of Virginia and the storm is expected to pass to the west of us). I hope the resulting destruction is kept to a minimum and that everyone in the path of Isabel will remain safe.

-- CrystalShiloh @ 01:00 PM