Thanks goes out to my Uncle Pat, my cousins PJ and Jenny, also to Hannah, Heather, Danna, and Kelly for donations made towards this surgery. Kayla is my very special light brought back from a very dark time, and your help to bring her back to her healthy self is such a blessing.
Also, special thanks to Beth for taking me to Sam's club and for contributing to the fundraiser BBQ food.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Surgery #2 complete
Kayla's second (and we hope final) surgery is complete. She looks fanstastic! Less bruising than last time, though I'll admit she's limping more than last time, so it's still early to tell. After her last surgery she only had her other "broken" leg to support herself, and she put weight on the surgery leg from day one. This limping is more like what we're told to expect, so I'm choosing to believe she has more faith in her left leg (the one that already had the surgery) and is keeping herself off the new surgery for now.
She's pretty bummed out about the surgery-- I think she thought her recovery day were over. Poor thing. She's snoozing now, just like a baby. She doesn't sleep very well when she's away, even with a little bit of doggie downer, I suspect, because as soon as I came home from work today, she just sighed and went into REM. She let me ice it for about twenty minutes, so she must be experiencing significant pain, but she's a real trooper. Stay tuned for pics. I hope to have them up this weekend.
Brett/Kayla's mom
She's pretty bummed out about the surgery-- I think she thought her recovery day were over. Poor thing. She's snoozing now, just like a baby. She doesn't sleep very well when she's away, even with a little bit of doggie downer, I suspect, because as soon as I came home from work today, she just sighed and went into REM. She let me ice it for about twenty minutes, so she must be experiencing significant pain, but she's a real trooper. Stay tuned for pics. I hope to have them up this weekend.
Brett/Kayla's mom
Saturday, April 7, 2007
X-Rays Look GOOD!
Hey guys. Mom really needs to get the camera out. She's soooo lazy. I went to the doctor a couple of days ago and, even though mom dropped me getting in the car-- twice!-- I am OK and good to go. I went on walk all the way to the park that night, but mom said no playing with other dogs still, no big running and no stick fetching. She says slow and gentle, but it is soooo hard when I finally get to go for walks!!
Today my roommate and I played chase each other's tails in the front yard, but mom yelled to stop. She's so protective. She and the doctor say I have to get a surgery on the other leg soon, and I hope it gets over with faster than this last one, because I don't want to be bored again for so long. Still, I think she might be right (don't tell her I said so), because when I escape her prison and go for little twirls and runs, I always come back holding up that paw.
Also, my roommate isn't feeling well. The doctors see a little bump on her shoulder in the pictures and she has been limping. She has to have a biopsy, which is like a surgery, but different. I think if the people want to stop having to think we are sick they should stop taking us to the doctor-- it's always there that we get bad news!! I don't understand it, but Kaajal's mom is worried, and so is mine. So if you're reading, please put my roommate, Kaajal in your doggie prayers.
Kayla
Today my roommate and I played chase each other's tails in the front yard, but mom yelled to stop. She's so protective. She and the doctor say I have to get a surgery on the other leg soon, and I hope it gets over with faster than this last one, because I don't want to be bored again for so long. Still, I think she might be right (don't tell her I said so), because when I escape her prison and go for little twirls and runs, I always come back holding up that paw.
Also, my roommate isn't feeling well. The doctors see a little bump on her shoulder in the pictures and she has been limping. She has to have a biopsy, which is like a surgery, but different. I think if the people want to stop having to think we are sick they should stop taking us to the doctor-- it's always there that we get bad news!! I don't understand it, but Kaajal's mom is worried, and so is mine. So if you're reading, please put my roommate, Kaajal in your doggie prayers.
Kayla
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