Daddy’s home…
Well, the 10 days leading up to Dad’s homecoming were trying at best, and the last 2, just awful. With only hours to Dad to being home, I found Piper had escaped the dining room area I have her in and was lying on the hardwood floor pretty much wedged between the wall and refrigerator (about a 3 ft. space). I thought she was gone, but she just couldn’t get up. As I was losing it, crying and shaking, my amazing 5 yr old had the mind to run and get the sling for me. God love my little girl. I couldn’t get the sling around her so I had to slide her back to her room. She was cloudy-eyed, and I thought, she’s lost her will, she’s done, the medicines aren’t keeping her comfortable any longer. She wouldn’t eat, drink and didn’t want to go out to do her business. I made an appt. at the vets for the next morning. I figured, worst case, we could take her to the emergency vet that night, if needed, after we picked up her Dad.
On our way home from picking up my husband, I warned him of her condition and told him of the appt. He was upset but knew we had to do what we had to do. When we got home, I went in first to make sure Piper didn’t try to get up. Then he walked in the door and you would have thought there wasn’t a thing wrong with Piper! Her eyes glowed, her tail wagged uncontrollably, the kisses just flowed!! It was amazing to see the change in her, she was a completely different dog just hours before, more like herself than she had been in weeks. I couldn’t believe it!! We decided to wait until morning to see how she was doing…and to say we were surprised is an understatement. She was wide awake, tail thumping up a storm, an undeniable smile on her face when she saw us (well, more my husband than me but I’m taking some of it LOL). She ate like a mad woman, went out potty, and couldn’t stop wagging that crazy tail of hers!! I told my husband that I was upset about how hard Piper had worked with her walking and how I so wanted to them to walk their daily route.
Well about 30 minutes later my hubby said “Let’s take our girls for a walk,” I said how, and then he showed me.
It wasn’t the kind of walk I was hoping for , but it was awesome and Piper just loved it!!! She’s been doing so great all weekend. We know that we don’t have much time with our little PiperGirl, but we are going to cherish every moment we have, and make the most of them. We even managed to put up our tree and take our Christmas card photo this weekend. Thank God Daddy is home….
Merry Christmas from The Henderson’s
what a perfect picture of a beautiful family!!! pg3, we are so proud of you, you are a true tripawd hero – keeping your strength until your dad got home and then giving him a great ‘welcome home’. paws crossed that you have more wonderful days together and that you can fill your ‘memory jar’ with all kinds of happy memories. hugs to you all, and dad, thanks for your service, you’re a hero too!!!
charon & gayle
Thank you so much, and yes, PG3 is definitely a hero, especially mine 🙂 And I will definitely tell my hubby! 🙂
I’m crying such happy tears for you! I’m so glad you are all together – on so many levels! Way to go Piper girl – you are truly amazing! That must have been the best walk ever! Such a wonderful family picture. Bless you all! Xoxo sue
Thank you and yes, it really was the best walk ever, PG even tried to jump down a couple of times when she’d see a squirrel! LOL
I, too, am crying happy tears for PG and you and your family! Enjoy your moments with her…amazing and so happy for her to get a ride in the wagon! 🙂
Tracy, Maggie’s Mom
Thank you so much, we are cherishing every moment
Count me in amongst the happy criers! Oh PG3, I’m sooooo glad you hung in there to see your Daddy. That must have been the best homecoming ever. She looks so happy on the walk! What a beautiful family you have! Enjoy this precious time with your girl. Please give her some extra loving from me and Abby, and thanks to your husband for his service.
Hooray for PG3! We love that girl. (And your wise-beyond-her-years 5 yr old too!)
Jackie, Abby’s mom
Thank you and yes, it was some homecoming! If I wasn’t so worried about her trying to jump up I would have filmed it!! And I will tell my hubby and give piper extra hugs tonight!
What an awesome post!
Absolutely beautiful!! A picture perfect family of four heroes! Thanks to your husband for his service to our country, thanks to your little girl for helping her mom, thanks to you for holding the family together, and thanks to PG3 for being a true Tripawd Hero! I wish you the happiest of holidays, and I’m so glad to her Piper is feeling a little better!
Wowwwwwww!!!! Beautiful! Beautiful! Bravo!!! We’ve been hoping that everything was OK. THANK YOU for this wonderful update.
Oh my gosh Piper, we know you were just sad waiting for your Daddy to come home. What a beautiful homecoming!!! Please give your Dad extra sloppy kisses from the Tripawds crew for all he does for this country OK? We know it’s so hard for all of you to be apart, we’re just glad you are together once again.
Enjoy your reunion guys, we are thrilled for you!
Great that you got to see your Daddy, PG3, but even better that he got to see you. And what a clever dad to figure out a way for you to get to do your walk.
I’ve been worried about you and I’m so glad to see you’re still kicking butt!!!
Rio and Micki
I too cried through your whole story and so many tears of joy flowed for all of you when Daddy came home! Miracles do happen and you have had yours each and every day. And especially now that your whole family is together! What a beautiful picture of your sweet family and the one of your girls! I wish you just “one more day” as many more as Piper can give you. What a brave & amazing tripawd she is!! ( and your hubby too!!)Love does conquer all! Many prayers and much love is being sent your way!
Love from Spirit Indiana and his mom ~ Carol~~
So happy to see that Piper perked up for Pop! And delighted that the family is complete in this moment. That’s what matters most. This moment. The wagon photo is wonderful, heartwarming, touching, adorable–I can’t say enough about it.
Dakota kisses for Piper and a big hug for the rest of you.
Shari
OMGosh… Thanks for sharing this wonderful amazing story!
Count me in with the happy criers! What an awesome story! PG3 you are a true warrior princess! Smother your daddy with love & thank him for serving our country. I hope you have many more days like this!
Spirit Chili Dawg & Jenna
Smiling, crying, laughing, sniffling…we’re all with you, PG3! You are a strong, powerful reminder of the power of love. What a blessing you are to your family.