It was time for Huli to go to the veterinarian for her vaccinations to keep her healthy. She would also get another X-ray to see how the bone was healing. Huli was brave to let people touch her painful leg. This time, the doctor could see some mending between the bones. Keeping Huli in a smaller space with little activity had worked! The food, rest, and medicine helped Huli get strong and helped her bone to heal. The veterinarian felt that given time the bone would grow together even stronger, not straight but much stronger. This would enable Huli to have a much more normal puppy and adult life.
The interesting thing about Huli’s beginnings in the Anderson family is that Emma and Ted needed Huli too. They had talked about getting a puppy because they now had a fenced back yard. Ted said that Huli had found them. Ted was willing to overcome the setbacks of a sick puppy also. Emma had moved to a new house and community, had no friends and because of the Covid-19 pandemic did not go back to work right away, so she was lonely. She also needed someone to take care of and to feel needed again, as she missed her work as a nurse. Huli gave Emma purpose when she needed it. It was also a time in Emma’s life when she had the time to devote to a sick puppy. So it worked out perfectly. Huli needed Emma and Ted so she could live, and Emma needed Huli to use her skills as a nurse and have a puppy to take care of.
A few months later Huli was happy. Emma spent many happy years in Hawaii and loved the Hawaiian culture. The name Huli in Hawaiian means “turn around” and Huli had definitely turned around her life. She would lay on her bed under the window in the sunshine. Her leg still hurt but she could walk and run with a limp and play with Iggie. She could not remember “before.” She had so much love because Emma and Ted were devoted to her, and she loved Emma and Ted, she loved her space, she loved Iggie, and she had a family.
Huli was just a puppy but she knew she was lucky.
