Last week was a bit crazy in the Wood household. I shouldn't even say the whole week was crazy, it was really just the last three or four days of last week. Thursday morning, I was darn near out the door when we had a bit of a situation with Maya. Every morning when I go downstairs for breakfast, Maya comes to hang out with me and eventually ventures outside for her morning potty break. Thursday morning, I went to pick her up so I could coax her outside like I have had to do since it turned cold, and she yelped. I thought maybe I startled her and didn't think much of it. She went outside and came back in like usual and I went back upstairs to finish getting ready. Maya hung out downstairs, which is pretty normal for her. I heard her whining from upstairs and thought she was acting odd. I figured someone was walking in the green space next to our house, but she would normally bark at anyone walking by. I went to the top of the stairs to see her sitting on the bottom step looking up.
When I went down to pick her up and see what the deal was, she started yelping and nipping at my hand to get free. That is when I knew something was wrong. For a dog parent, there is no worse sound than your dog yelping in pain. Andrew was instantly out of bed. We were able to coax her with treats and got her to walk around a bit so we could determine what was wrong. We narrowed it down to something with her right hind leg. Luckily this was right before 8:00 AM, which is when our vet opens. We were able to get an 8:30 AM appointment with our vet. Maya stood stiff as a board when she was on the exam table and didn't make a peep, which made it a bit difficult to determine the source of the problem. The vet was able to determine that she had swelling, but wasn't able to determine much else since Maya wasn't being very cooperative. They sent us home with some Tramadol and Meloxicam and told us to keep an eye on her. Within a day she was running around like normal. We have no idea what she did, but we are glad she is feeling better!
Thursday while we were both home with Maya, we noticed toward the late afternoon, an odor similar to burning hair or rubber. We tried to sniff out the source, but came up empty handed. We stood down by the furnace expecting a strong smell from there, but we didn't smell anything out of the ordinary. The strange thing was the smell was only in one part of the house. We thought maybe something was in the ducts, but didn't know for sure. We shut the heater off and called the company we have do our annual maintenance. They put us on their emergency list and came to check things out Friday afternoon. We learned that the blower motor had gone out in the furnace and would need to be replaced, which would run us between $450 and $500. I was less than thrilled with that diagnosis, but happy when I discovered that our home warranty would cover all but the deductible. Getting someone under our home warranty to come out and fix it was another story. The first company they dispatched to come fix the issue never called to come out. After some coaxing, they agreed to pay the emergency fee and have someone out first thing on Saturday morning. We weren't thrilled about sleeping another night in our cold house. The temperature in the house had gone down to 62. We got creative and put a small space heater from my office in our bedroom and closed all of the doors to keep the heat in. That kept us warm through the night, and they were out by 8:00 AM on Saturday morning to fix the furnace. We are now back to being warm and happy.
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