Now the routine

It’s been a couple weeks and not much to report. The little girl is doing great. She eats well, tries to maintain her regular existence (eat, sleep, chase the cats, sleep, poop/pee, chew on a chewie, sleep, repeat…) so we need to watch that she doesn’t run too fast or jump on or off something. Audrey is hell on three legs with good use on the occasion of her fourth. Today she’s back for a regular check up at VOSM. They’ll take some xrays, change her dressing and miss her when she’s back home.

In the time between posts, we had very cold, icy weather around here. I appreciated being able to take Audrey to our local vet for inspection and a bandage change. (Note: changing the bandage means replacing the gauze and color tape around the metal on teh fixator device). She likes to lick and chew it (poor thing, she needs some activity) and with a week’s wear looks pretty nasty. She started out in shocking pink, then went with a bright red (with heart), and sports a royal blue. Let’s see what she’s in when I pick her up.

Audrey’s barely on any meds – I give her the Prevacox and Tramidol as needed. The only indication of need (remember, she always look cute and sad) is her holding her bad leg up, usually at the end of the day.

The ice outside made it a challenge for those of us with two (or four) good legs to walk, so Audrey did her best. We’d carry her to a small patch of exposed dried leaves to do her business, which she mostly would do. But sometimes we both we eager not to stay outside too long and once inside, Audrey found the perfect spot to pee, or poop. But bless her little heart, she always sought a safe place – the papered floor area, on a rug, even in her crate because smart girl that she is she didn’t want to just squat anywhere.

I’ll have more pictures up soon. We’re very excited because I just bought her a beautiful, red satin, Asian smock with yellow frog closures and fleece and quilt lining. She looks mahvelous in it, though we can only get one leg through now. She’ll wear it to the Oscar party this weekend.

til after the party…