Week Two: The Dog Needs Surgery!?

“Man himself cannot express love and humility by external signs so plainly as does a dog when, with drooping ears, hanging lips, flexuous body, and wagging tail, he meets his beloved master.” – Charles Darwin

School was briefly interrupted when the PE coach (AKA- the dog) got injured why chasing a tennis ball. We took her to the vet and learned she tore her CCL (Equivalent to the ACL in humans) . The only way to heal that was with a specialized surgery...

The next day she jumped in the van to come with us to the park and refused to get out. Four hours later and after A LOT of pushing and shoving, she was still in the car refusing to move. With a 94 lb lame dog, it looked like it was the end of the line for her. My husband drove home from work and we pulled all the other kids out of school to say goodbye. It was very emotional and we cried a lot.

I then made the long drive to the vet clinic. The vet and a technician helped me lift her out of the car. She did not want to be moved. However, once she was out of the car, she decided it was better to hobble on three legs than let them continue carrying her. Dumb dog, who sat in the car for 4 hours before I drove her 50+ miles (again!) only to find she could still walk after all. We did find she had an ear infection and got some blood work done and more pain meds. That took a better part of one day.  

One of our kids must have been praying really hard she would survive, as we made the unprecedented decision to give her surgery. That was not in our plans, but we felt it was right. So after all that, the dog came home and ended up having surgery at the end of this week.

The dog wasn't the only chaos of the week. Both cars need major work. (And one had a dead battery.)

DEER!

Monday our front door refused to open. Turns out two screws on either side on the door/door frame came loose and stuck together. (Ironically, the kids are still opening and slamming it as I write. Sigh.) 

And with all that, we still managed to get some school done.

Math: We reviewed adding and subtracting with regrouping.

LA: K read more books. He also wrote in his mindfulness journal and nature notebook, free wrote, and worked on handwriting and spelling using Spelling Training.

Science: This week's experiments came from the Mel Science corrosion chemistry kit.  Using electricity, he transferred electrons from one iron pin to the other. The pin losing electrons began to corrode. We could see the corrosion turn purple. The other pin then transferred the extra electrons to the water to form bubbles. 

Art: With guided instructions from an OpenEd class, K made a name collage.  He made this one for his sister and then him and his sister made name collages for others.

Extra: I Brick's. K gets a new build every week and eagerly waits for the next one.  This week was a car catapult.

He and Dad also went on a bike ride on Friday for PE. Here's hoping the PE coach recovers soon.