LOLOL no, I don't think he feels the pea. We 'knew' he needed this surgery. We were desperately hoping the doctor would say, 'the damage is minor, we can tape it up and it'll be fine'...or, 'oh he doesn't need surgery, we can do this other thing to fix him right up'.
We knew, but it's worse having a date and a definate diagnosis.
Newflvr, it sounds like you went through a very similar situation with a pupper and a dog post surgery. We are really dreading that. I am hoping that four weeks from now I have gotten some good training in with Gossy, so that she is a big girl. I started today with 'leave it' and I'm teaching her to 'stay' so hopefully those things will help.
I'm sure I'll be fretting over this more as the big day gets closer.