Everyone should have a dog like mine. No really.

I know I talk a lot of crap about my dog.  I even have two whole posts dedicated to crap he's eaten, but let me tell you, I have one fantastic dog.

First of all, Rocky is a mama's boy.  He in general follows me around and will come check on me periodically whenever I'm not in the same room.  Ever since my accident, he's barely left my side.  When I first came home on Thursday, he was really excited to see me, but Meg and Sara played defense for me so he wouldn't hurt me anymore than I already was.  That night after everyone went to bed, Rocky paced, whined and would not lay still.  About 3:00 am, I woke up and had to use the restroom.  It took me an hour to do this (keep in mind, I had to go up a flight of stairs).  When I came down the stairs, Rocky had positioned himself on the opposite side of my pillow.  That night we shared the pillow.  This is basically how we stayed for three days.  Every time I get up, he gets up and watches me.  When I go up and down stairs, he either stands at the bottom of the stairs and watches me or he'll follow me up one stair at a time.  I'm painfully slow going up and down stairs.  Right now, I have to take showers in the upstairs bathroom so I can sit.  Rocky waits for me outside the shower.  When Sara was rewrapping my bandages.  He stood next to me and never took her eyes off of her.

He definitely knows that my feet are the problem.  He doesn't get to close to them.  When he wants to get some love, he'll stand just beyond my feet and lean as far as he can in.  He only gets close when I encourage him.  He has only attempted to jump on me once and that was when I walked in the house with the air cast on.

Don't get me wrong, he still goes and greets everyone when they walk in the house, and if any of my roommates offer to feed him or take him outside, he's gone.  But for the most part, he's been next to me this whole time.  I've only heard him whine once since all of this started.  I cannot explain how much I've appreciated his company.  I only hope I can repay him one day.

I've always known I have a really good dog.  But now I know I have an awesome dog.  Maybe the best. Rocky is the reason people have dogs.