after 5 weeks of puppy-love, it was a sad evening for me and chris. we had to let icon go. my sciatica is deteriorating rapidly, and all the physio and massage in the world wasn't helping me. the bending/leaning motion that comes with puppy care and the incessant pulling on the leash was killing my nerve. today was the final straw...as i was at the door putting on my shoes for work, i got stuck and couldn't move. i had to take the day off work to relax :P so frustrating and painful!
today i saw my doctor who told me to definitely take some tylenol to ease some of the pain, i'm wearing a maternity pelvic belt to hopefully keep things in place, along with my massage therapy and physio. after today's massage, i admit i felt a lot better, so hopefully i'm on the right track now. no more bending!
back to icon...she is now living with the family that raised frankie (who we did a puppyswap with back when we had nugget). it's a temporary situation for the weekend, a trial run, but hopefully by monday they'll have fallen so deeply in love with her that we're hoping she stays with them.
so for awhile, chris and i are puppyless so i have a chance to recuperate and get my lower back into shape before i start gaining weight. speaking of weight, i've now lost 4 pounds. who knew that getting pregnant would be my solution to weight-loss!
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