When Jackson came out of anesthesia, I was reminded of the famous David After Dentist video. I’m quite sure that he would have asked “is this real life?” if he could speak. When I first saw him, his head was on a vet tech’s lap. I started speaking to him and he couldn’t figure out how to move his head the other way to look me. He seemed to be able to move his body in only one direction. Eventually he figured out how to move his head, but coordinating even 2 of his limbs proved difficult. Although he was laying down, he managed to get his legs twisted together and smack his head on the floor. His poor little tongue was caught between his teeth, but thankfully he didn’t actually bite his tongue. It took awhile for him to gain contol of each one of his limbs and then to be able to coordinate the movement of all of them at once. And for the first time, I understood where the dad was coming from in that famous video. Prior to this incident, when I watched it, I felt sorry for the kid and was somewhat in disbelief that the dad was laughing and videotaping it. And then. I’ll admit, I was cracking up while Jackson was coming to. Yeah, that’s right, the whole thing was my fault and then to top it off, I had the nerve to laugh at his misfortune. Just call me Pet-Mom of the Year.

It’s been a long, long couple of days without toys.