August 2nd, 2022
Tuesday Aug 2, 2022
Not gonna lie, today was ruff. Up most of the night with Nichol. He is not doing well and Iām questioning all my life choices about why I did this to him. Iāve got an amazing support network here already with Landon and the staff at the school plus my amazing ā¤ļøhubs and ā¤ļøkids back home rallied around both Nichol and I as I worked through it. I did not go into school today. I took Nichol to the vet. In my copious preparation I had already sourced out two trusted, capable and English speaking Ā veterinarian clinics before coming here. The staff at east west confirmed my choices as the best so I reached out to both for an appt ASAP! Animal Mama responded quickly and they could See him that morning so I made my appointment for 10 AM. I caught a Grab and was there right on time. Iām super super impressed with the care he received, they were kind and patient and knowledgeable. I canāt ask for more than that. The vet was concerned about his hips and his knees. He took x-rays and determined his hips are great but he has one bad knee with a hyper mobile patella. The 22 hours on the flight with extended time not being able to walk around was more than his knee was able to tolerate. So inflammation and pain were the result. He prescribed 10 days of Meds and he predicts we will be on the mend shortly. All this for $57.50! And supposedly this is the āexpensive āvet in town. I am more than happy to pay that as you canāt even walk into a vet in America for less than $100 Let alone get x-rays and meds!
This will be my go to place for Nichol while in Phnom Penh. They have doggy daycare too so Iāll be looking into that!
They emailed me his X-rays! I hope I donāt embarrass him by sharing this, but look at his curly tailš¤©
Nichol updates forthcoming! š¶ā¤ļø
