Coal's Operation

Do you see this adorable puppy?  SHE IS DRIVING ME NUTS!!!

Coal had her operation (spayed) this Thursday.  I've been dreading this since we got her.  She, of course, was clueless to what was happening, but I felt so bad for her.  I almost called it off, but we aren't in the market for more puppies, so I sucked it up and took her to the vet's office at 8am.
It was just the girls - me, Kate and Coal at the office.  Dr. Lamb checked out Coal and proclaimed her the picture of perfect doggie health.  Then it was time to say good-bye. Geesh - I am such a baby.  I was getting a bit teary when they took her from me.  Kate and I said good-bye.  Kate gave her a kiss on the head and I gave her a hug.  We made sure that the vet's assistant had Hippo to give to Coal when she came out of surgery.  Coal whimpered a bit when they took her away.  Kate and I left the office quite sad.
When we got home, Kate kept asking why Coal couldn't come home with us.  I told her we would pick her up after the boys got home from school.  When she realized that Coal would be gone most of the day, she burst into tears and it took me over an hour to calm her down.  She really does love her puppy.
I had my phone with me all morning (which is pretty unusual).  They promised to text me when Coal was out of surgery.  I finally got a text about 11:30 (Coal was the last surgery of the morning).  Everything went well and she was resting.  We could pick her up after 3:30pm.
We arrived at the vet's office as soon as we could.  They brought Coal out and Kate started getting teary again.  Coal was awake, but quite drowsy.  Gavin held her while the vet gave us some instructions.  I felt teary after hearing what my next two weeks would be like - no baths, no outside (except for potty breaks) to protect her stitches.  How were we going to do this?  Coal is such an outside dog.  She is outside more than inside - she loves playing outside.  I was quite concerned about how we were going to do this.
Okay, not very well.  We lasted about two days of being inside all the time.  Coal hated it - it was like she could hardly physically stand it.  She would sit by the door and whine.  She would jump up to the window and just bark and cry to go out.  I could tell she was really confused about not being able to go since she has always had unlimited access to the backyard.

How sad it that?  I'll tell what was not so sad.  Since Coal wasn't outside as much, she started having some accidents in the house.  I'm not sure why, but she would poop in the hall outside of Enoch's room, repeatedly.  Yep, not happy about that.  We put up the baby gate hoping to keep her upstairs and that did work.  But, we finally just cheated and let her outside - a lot.
Even though it has only been a few days, she is back outside.  Her stitches look great and she is feeling great.  She recovered quickly and is back to her normal, energetic self.  I am so relieved that she is doing well.  We were all worried about her.  We love her!