Roscoe, y'know how we say that people resemble animals? Well, I'll admit that when I saw your photo, it reminded me of my dad. He definitely had the basset hound face. However, after reading your story, I just had to post. What a lucky boy you are to have such a wonderful vet. Some of my rescue cats have been lucky in that way, too. In fact, my orangie Creamsicle is a cerebellar hypoplasia baby and my vet was out of town when I rescued her and if I had left it to the vet who was covering for him, my little Cgirl wouldn't be w/us now. I waited it out til my vet came back and he stayed up all night w/her until we knew she was going to survive. He did the same thing when my peke-a-poo dog had puppies. He spent the night at his clinic taking care of her. We're so lucky to have found good vets who realize that our pets are family. Lucky for you, too, that your new Mom sprung into action on your behalf and then asked if she could be your forever Mom. This is such a wonderful story and I'm so glad that you're back to your usual bull-in-a-china-shop self. Enjoy your day as DOTD.