Thank you ATT in Pontiac! I received a nice card and a contribution of $130 for my next surgery!! Aunt Jenny's mom, Pat organized a 50/50 raffle for me and all the nice people at AT&T joined forces to help me out. I am so lucky to have so many nice humans in the world. I wonder how I'll ever get a chance to lick them all. Mom says she's going to send a big thank you to AT&T, and, because they are so close, we might go there to say thank you in person!! That would be really fun!
Kayla
Monday, February 26, 2007
A bit of a limp
Well, Kayla has been doing GREAT!! She's been allowed outside to potty on her own two times and has slept upstairs in the bedroom twice! but her increased independence seems to come at some cost of discomfort, and today she seems, while not in extreme pain, a bit uncomfortable, with a bit of a limp. Time to back back off the independence. She has three more weeks until follow up x-rays for the first surgery, and we should get the go ahead to begin walking and exercising in increments. Of course, I don't know what all this says for her other leg still waiting for surgery. It's a tough balancing act. This weekend she will get a car ride up north and a stay in a hotel while Mom visits family. She likes the car these days, mostly for the change of scenery, and I have a friend ot help with any lifting, though I'm not sure she still needs so much at this point. New photos coming this week!
Brett
Brett
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Happy Days!
I got my stitches out last Tuesday (February 6), and it's been three weeks since my surgery. In five more weeks I can start going for short walks-- if only my other leg were ready for walks, too, but mom says that means another surgery . . .I'm trying not to believe that yet. I have a little thing on my knee that i can't stand, so I pick at it and have made a red callous and mom seems dismayed about this, but not concerned so much as she was when I came home and was bleeding. Last night, when mom slipped on the ice trying to help me in and lunged forward, I ran a few steps. Mom said it looked really good, that my legs ran independently instead of bunny hopping like I usually do. She also said never do that again until the doctor says I'm allowed to run.
At night time mom lies on my bed with me and makes my leg go long and straight and short and bent and pets my belly and tells me I'm a good dog. It is uncomfortable. Sometimes I take my leg away from her, and she says that is also good. I can't really tell what she is doing, but I sometimes limp when she is done. I wish she wouldn't fuss with me and would just rub my belly where I like it, and I try to get her to focus, but she's always with that leg. I try to be a good dog, to do what she wants, but I don't really understand what it is. She says I'm good if I move my leg how she moves it with her and that I'm good when I move it against her. . .how can both be right? Mom says it makes my leg strong. I've never had surgery on my leg before, and my roommate says she hasn't had surgery on her leg before, but I guess since mom and I made it through when I had stitches on my belly that I should listen, but sometimes I don't really think she knows what she's doing.
My friend Shinta and her mom sent us a card a while ago. Mom says when I can walk and run, which will be a very long time--32 weeks, however that much is., that I can go back to the beach to play with her. I can't wait. In a few weeks I will go have pictures taken of my new leg to see if it is all OK, and then I can begin swimming. Mom says it is in a warm pool somewhere, but I don't mind the cold. I just wish I could play outside more. It has been snowing lots, and some of my favorite things are to eat snow, roll in snow, and sled in snow. Mom says, maybe next year, but she also puts snow in my bowl inside for me to eat. It's nice, but it's not the same. Humans just sometimes don't get it, even if they try.
Kayla
At night time mom lies on my bed with me and makes my leg go long and straight and short and bent and pets my belly and tells me I'm a good dog. It is uncomfortable. Sometimes I take my leg away from her, and she says that is also good. I can't really tell what she is doing, but I sometimes limp when she is done. I wish she wouldn't fuss with me and would just rub my belly where I like it, and I try to get her to focus, but she's always with that leg. I try to be a good dog, to do what she wants, but I don't really understand what it is. She says I'm good if I move my leg how she moves it with her and that I'm good when I move it against her. . .how can both be right? Mom says it makes my leg strong. I've never had surgery on my leg before, and my roommate says she hasn't had surgery on her leg before, but I guess since mom and I made it through when I had stitches on my belly that I should listen, but sometimes I don't really think she knows what she's doing.
My friend Shinta and her mom sent us a card a while ago. Mom says when I can walk and run, which will be a very long time--32 weeks, however that much is., that I can go back to the beach to play with her. I can't wait. In a few weeks I will go have pictures taken of my new leg to see if it is all OK, and then I can begin swimming. Mom says it is in a warm pool somewhere, but I don't mind the cold. I just wish I could play outside more. It has been snowing lots, and some of my favorite things are to eat snow, roll in snow, and sled in snow. Mom says, maybe next year, but she also puts snow in my bowl inside for me to eat. It's nice, but it's not the same. Humans just sometimes don't get it, even if they try.
Kayla
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