doggo

December 29, 2019

When I saw the doggo strap I knew one had to be mine. My story starts 9 years ago, the day after my 22nd birthday. I finished work and was looking forward to MMA training. I'd been training 4 times a week for 11 months when disaster struck. I took a band flip and my shoulder popped out. After 4 years, 2 physios, 3 Neuro surgeons and 4 orthopedic surgeons, I was given news that my nerves where done and all they could do for pain was fit a spinal cord stimulator. All I remember about my trip home was clawing to the wall of the hospital in floods of tears. I came home thinking at 24 is this my life? The very next evening I went to pick up the puppy I had chosen 2 weeks before. The moment I got her in my arms it was like the last 4 years melted away. Her name is joop aka the watcher, the guardian, the hero. She stood by my side 2 years later as finally the 5th surgeon operated and put 2 screws in my shoulder. Joop has been by my side for 6 and half years. To watch her grow in to the best version of her self has made me the person I am today. Through the pain, through the ups and the downs, she's the reason I keep going. Thank you for reading, Becks