Poor Mickey. She has 2 spots that she can’t keep her little tongue away from. One is a residual sore on her “bad” leg and one is the surgery incision on her left side. The minute we take the e-collar off she starts licking them verociously. We continue to try new ideas and today’s approach is taping everything up and around and around so there’s no way she can get to anything before we spy her.
She is a very clever little doggie. She is eager to be more mobile and walks herself around a little more each time we take her out to do her business. Now that it is FINALLY a little warmer (hip, hip, hooray!), she holds her head up high and sniffs the breeze. She spent some time today sitting in the sunshine and enjoying the fresh air.
Her bum leg doesn’t really seem to bother her but we have to limit her mobility because of the hairline fracture on her spine. The doc feels it will fuse but she needs to rest in order to assure that.
I spoke with the physical therapy vet today and she will have an appointment next week to be evaluated and begin hydrotherapy and maybe some other things. She has an amazing spirit so I’m sure she will thrive once she gets going.
Here is a link to a great video one of Mickey’s fans created:
http://animoto.com/play/SgHnb0oYViRt9Nr1akVukA
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Marianne, it sounds as if Miss Mickey is really coming along very well. Is all that licking an instinctive effort to help herself heal?
ReplyDeleteI think it's ironic that we all wanted her up and moving about and now realize that she can't move around too much because of the spinal fracture. Be careful what you wish for, huh?