..gosh thanks guys, ya'll have made me feel better about things. i know i'm justnot patient and wish this never happened, i want her to have her life back, and i'm really worried about putting her thru more pain with the surgery and the separation factor, she gets very depressed when we board her for just overnight,the vet is talking about 4 days and nights, at the time of the accident the vet wouldn't let me back to see her, i guess it was because the dog was in shock and they wanted her to calm down, but gee i can't bear being without her, i'm going to goout of my mine, i was not blessed with children, so this is my #1 daughter to me. also i don't know what to do about my other dog,amy. she's 2 years younger and is very depressed about not being able to roughhouse with jessie and go on the long walks, she's eating sporadically. she's a german shepherd by the way. any ideas to help her deal with this too, both dogs are extremely jealous of each other.