Last week I had the dreaded flu.
It was sort of weird yet kind of amazing to see just how fast my body reacted
and went down. I felt perfectly fine
leaving work Monday evening and by 8:30 pm I was in bed unable to move. I didn’t emerge from my quarantined bedroom
until Friday morning (with the exception of a trip to the doctor for some meds
on Tuesday afternoon). Thank goodness
for my wonderful husband who helped to take care of our son and the house so that
I could get the rest that I needed.
On Thursday afternoon I kept
hearing our 8 year old labrador retriever mix crying. Figuring that she needed to go out, I got
myself up and managed to take her outside for a quick walk so that she didn’t
have an accident in the house. A couple
minutes after I got myself back into bed I heard her crying again. I tried to ignore her since I had just taken
her out, but after a few more minutes of listening to her I couldn’t take it
anymore and got myself up out of bed again.
As I turned the corner out of my bedroom I was shocked at what I saw
next...
Our dog hasn’t climbed these
stairs in over 5 years since we put in the hard wood floors. Like many dogs, she became very afraid of the
slippery floors. Although there is a runner on the stairs, she never felt
comfortable coming all the way up because the landing at the top is straight
wood. We actually prefer that she doesn't come upstairs so it worked out better.
She has her bed & domain downstairs and we have ours upstairs.
On this particular day, I believe
our dog had sensed I was sick and simply wanted to be with me. But since I was upstairs she had no choice
but to climb the stairs she was so scared of.
Dogs have extraordinary senses as
we all know and there have been studies done about whether or not dogs can even
sense illness. Whether or not that was
the case here, I can't say for certain. But what I
do know is that my sweet dog faced one of her biggest fears to come and bring a
smile to my face when I was feeling pretty crappy last week. What a good great dog!!
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