Milestones!

Bocan's CCL rupture injury was four weeks ago today. Where does time go?

Last night on Leno, Nick Thune did an amusing bit about SPENDING some of the time we've "saved" since 1918 (with Daylight Savings Time).

I'm all for THAT!

Bo (and therefore, ALL of us) slept very well last night, and this morning he is showing the best overnight improvement since he came home on Tuesday. His eyes are clearer and brighter, and he seems a lot less anxious. His biggest enemy now is boredom.

The incision area shows no signs of infection, and the bruising on the inside of his leg didn't get nearly as bad as I expected, nor did he seem to experience much swelling at the stifle or hock. He's a trooper; he's getting through this without any of the horror stories we read about. The massages, passive range of motion exercises and especially the cold packs, have helped immensely.

WARNING - the image at right is pretty graphic, if you're squeamish, you probably don't want to click on it for the larger version. However, it's probably the worst his bruising will get, so it's demonstrating good news. This picture was taken last night (Thursday), but it looks about the same today. The nurses said we should notice improvements by his fifth day post-op, which is tomorrow.


Onward with gently increases physical therapy sessions and all the patience I can muster, plus finding ways to keep his mind from turning into oatmeal ...