Yesterday Barbara and I, along with our friends Judy and Mike, dropped Hopper off at the vet. Hopper had to go in for surgery to repair a torn ACL in his back right leg. So we didn’t sit around and worry about Hopper, we did anyway, we headed to Waco to visit the Waco Mammoth National Monument. In 1978 two men were walking along a dry stream bed when they came across a bone sticking out of the ground. Their find was reported to nearby Baylor University and it was discovered that what they found was a bone from a Pleistocene age Columbian Mammoth. The owner of the land, understanding the importance of the find, donated the land. Since that time, the area has been turned over to the National Park Service and an indoor excavation building has been constructed. So far there has been several mammoth and camel skeletons unearthed and they believe more are likely present. Camels are native to north America. After travelling to the National Monument we stopped by the Russell Stover factory for ice cream and other sweet treats. Yum!
This morning, we traveled back to pick up my little boy after what appears to be a successful surgery. We really missed him last night. I woke up three times last night and each time I instinctively looked for my little boy. The vet told us that for a dog his age, almost 16, he came through the surgery remarkably well. He had his knee repaired, his teeth cleaned and a skin tag removed from his forehead. He’s now home and resting, hopefully comfortably. He should be up and around again in a couple of days.
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