The blessing is that she made it home before she froze to death. She had a lot going against her in that scenario.

I broke my knee last Jan 28th. Long story short, while on crutches for 6 weeks, I couldn't even carry a plate, coffee cup, whatever...to the table from the kitchen...let alone any other routine chores. My wife, God bless her, had to do EVERYTHING! So I know what you're talking about when you say your workload has increased.

Again, I'm glad there's going to be a happy ending to this chapter.
Hug the dogs...and buy that doggone BC some glasses!