{"id":10540,"date":"2013-06-12T22:48:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T02:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=10540"},"modified":"2013-06-12T22:48:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T02:48:58","slug":"good-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=10540","title":{"rendered":"Good dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/81595350@N00\/9011564006\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7348\/9011564006_9c81c8e41a_c.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tucker, our dog, had surgery today to remove a number of fatty (and benign) tumors. I don&#8217;t think I was quite prepared for how Frankenstein-y he would look afterward, with exposed stitches down his side and leg (and back and head; the vet figured, <i>hey, while he&#8217;s out<\/i>). He seems to be doing okay, although he desperately hates the plastic Elizabethan collar he has to wear. He&#8217;ll be on paid meds and antibiotics, go back on Saturday for a check-up, and likely have the stitches out in 10-14 days. He also won&#8217;t be allowed up and down the stairs, meaning someone (likely my mother) will spend the night on the couch watching over him.<\/p>\n<p>I feel bad hearing him whimper, knowing we can&#8217;t take the collar off, but hopefully he&#8217;ll heal quick. The one tumor &#8212; the main one, if not the biggest &#8212; was all fat but going into the muscle, so it was really advisable he have it removed.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a lucky thing both my parents are retired, though, and can stay home to watch over him over the next few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucker, our dog, had surgery today to remove a number of fatty (and benign) tumors. I don&#8217;t think I was quite prepared for how Frankenstein-y he would look afterward, with exposed stitches down his side and leg (and back and head; the vet figured, hey, while he&#8217;s out). He seems to be doing okay, although &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=10540\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-10540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10541,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10540\/revisions\/10541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}