I'm actually blogging at 1.5 weeks post op because I was so busy this weekend (sitting around with denali). I think our girl is officially on the mend. This picture proves my point:
Denali destroying her small living quarters. She's also been throwing her toy around and barking at us to play. She's getting up on the couch whenever we're in the room, mostly because she's sick of being on the floor is my assumption. Oh, and she's a little rebel. She's been putting more and more weight on her leg and seems to be walking around easier. She's still limping quite a bit but that's to be expected I'm sure for the next couple months. Her hair is also starting to grow back so she doesn't look quite so silly. Surprisingly she's been leaving her incision alone so it's healing nicely and I don't have to put the cone of shame on her. She stays in her crate while we're gone and actually seems quite content in there.
We started massage and stretching and while she's not crazy about me messing with her leg, she tolerates it. She still hates the icing but will allow the frozen corn on her leg for 5 minutes while she licks peanut butter out of her kong toy.
We head back to the vet this Thursday for her 2 week check and hopefully he'll tell us all is good and we haven't let her be too active. It's hard to contain a big, active doggie! He'll check her out and then go into more detail about her rehab for the next 6 weeks. I'm hoping he'll tell us we don't have to keep her confined anymore but my hopes aren't that high. We shall see.
Of course we're having a beautiful end to the summer here-70s and sunny. As Luke says, Denali is a momma's girl so we cheated and spent some time laying out in the sun over the weekend.
Well, enough for now...I'll update again after our appointment this week. Thanks for keeping our girl in your thoughts!
(let me out!)
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