Day 2

Last night Heidi slept in her kennel with an e-collar on as I mentioned before.  She hates it and woke us up several times whining in the middle of the night.  She was thrilled to get out of that thing this morning when we got up.  Today we got Heidi set up in the living room again, but this time right next to the couches so she could be next to us and we wouldn't have to sit on the floor all day.  That has worked out wonderfully so far.  Not much has happened today but that's a good thing.  I have noticed that the swelling has moved down her leg as the doctor said it would and she now has a jiggly cankle (pictured below!)

CANKLE!!!

 She has been very content to sleep all day so far, just getting up to stretch or switch sides.  I notice she does lay on the operative leg some and it doesn't seem to bother her.  We're trying to limit her bathroom breaks.  She is used to going whenever she wants because she's not home alone for long periods of time usually.  But she's been great at holding it.  In an information packet the vet gave us, it said we should try to limit her bathroom breaks to 2-4 times a day to minimize use of the leg and potential injury, so we're trying to go every 6-8 hours during the day. So far so good!  She doesn't seem to be drinking much water, but I'm sure she was pumped full of fluids yesterday and Friday, so I'm not too concerned about that yet.  I'll post another update soon but here are some pictures until then!

What's Dad doing?

Pin-the-tail-on-the-Poodle butt, anyone?

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