Second day away

Today is Allie's second day in boarding at the vet's. She is getting her fluid treatments, and is eating and taking her supplements. They are lovely people there, and their experience with renal dogs is vouched for by other patients. Still, taking Allie there, an hour's haul during excruciating "rush"-hour traffic, had every nerve in me screaming, "don't do it! turn back!" Driving home without her was horrendous. I'm two-thirds of the way across the country now, and of course I keep calling, and they keep reassuring me that she is fine and doing well, but until I see that wagging tail and those brown eyes, and feel her warm breath on me again, I'm going to be a wreck. This does not bode well for my 10-day trip in September. What is it with these dogs?? She is perfectly fine without me, but I'm totally dependent on her...

There is good news: Allie's anemia seems to be gone! All that good food and the supplements are helping in one sense anyway. Her other kidney values are still too high, but we have one good reason to celebrate!