Cody's Journey

There is really only one word to describe Cody… remarkable. Every day he amazes us with his strength and his silly care free attitude. Cody sailed through surgery and recovery and is sailing through life on three legs. He is constantly reminding me to live in the moment and to enjoy every day that God gives us. Every day I wake up and go to sleep thankful for another blissful day with the strongest dog I know.

Things here in our pack are going as good as we could ever have imagined them two months ago when Cody had his surgery. I can still remember the paralyzing fear, the what-if’s, the sickness in my stomach, the sleepless nights, and the worry. Oh the worry! Not that the worry ever truly stops, I guess you just learn to deal with it. I remember picking Cody up and being so scared for him. So worried about what would happen next. I remember the whole family sleeping in the living room for three weeks and waking up almost every hour with him while he got comfortable again. It’s so hard to believe all of that really happened. Sometimes it still feels like a dream.

But alas, we keep fighting this crazy fight and we keep pushing through day by day, enjoying every single minute. We try our hardest to let Cody do what he wants and let him have adventures. He made his first long car trip two weeks ago to my parents house for my sister’s bridal shower and did wonderful. We had a few mishaps on their kitchen floor, but quickly solved them with a rug. He also got to take another long car trip to see Tim’s family for Easter where he got all the lovin’ he could ask for AND a trip to the dog park on the way home!

And now we prepare for the big move that we have been looking forward to for three years! We get to move back to northwest Ohio and be near all of our families. Cody will get more attention then he will know what to do with!

So.. two months later… we live. We keep living and as we live we celebrate our triumphs and we also celebrate and remember the lives of all the brave hero tripawds who were taken from us too soon.

Happy 2 month ampuversary Cody! We love you!!!

 

Tim rode with Cody for the first long car ride… spoiled pup

 

Cody got lot’s of lovin’ on Easter 🙂

 

 

 

Family Picture <3

 

 

 

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Dog park fun!

 

 

 

 

That smile melts my heart every time

 

 

 

Of course mom got the hat out! It is a celebration after all!

 

 

 

 

YAY!!!

 

 

 

treats!! with the hat still on 🙂 see its not that bad Cody 🙂