A Dog Loves Reiki

Chico and his popped knee cap

For about three weeks Chico suffered from what was diagnosed as a luxating patella (popped knee cap), and the vet recommended extensive (4 hour) surgery, to grind the bone and make the groove deeper for the knee cap to sit in.    I was going to do this as Chico was not using the leg at all.   While he didn't seem to be in pain or uncomfortable, watching him was painful for me.   He could only use three legs and was confined to the rugged area in my small den.   He missed sitting up on his favorite loveseat and couldn't do the stairs in and out of the house.   He could run a bit, but tired easily  using just the three legs.   He seemed a little depressed.

The weekend prior to surgery we visited Harmony Hill and I learned Reiki  (Level 1) from Chris.   While there I started to practice on Chico and while his spirits lifted immediately I didn't see much  improvement in him using his leg.   When we got home on Tuesday, he did start to use it a bit when I let him out in the yard to go to the bathroom.   I continued to Reiki him and he really seemed to love it, in fact, would get next to me roll over and extend his leg for Reiki'ing (he even did this while at Harmony Hills).   Wednesday he was running around on all fours until  he would lift the injured leg to go to the bathroom and then he would not put it back down.   At this point I was struggling with whether to go ahead with the surgery or not, because he was improving!  He still was not doing the stairs nor was he enjoying the loveseat he missed so much.   I decided to give it one more day with Reiki and prayer.   Thursday he was so much more improved with mobility and putting his leg up and down, I could not believe it.   (Well I could, just saying....lol)    Driving to work I still struggled with the issue of surgery, and admittedly some small amount of doubt remained, when I heard the voice of my God say...."you entrusted me with your son, but you will not with your little dog?".   It was like a slap in the face.   I got to work, called the vet and cancelled the surgery.