Boomer came home yesterday! We couldn't be more excited to have him home. It is a lot of adjusting and making sure that he is comfortable. Before he came home we prepped by cleaning the house so we didn't have to do anything when he got home and we could just lay around with him. We also bought him a new crate that we put in the study for him to stay in during the day while we are at work. It ended up being a great deal and he has enough room to have a bed and an area that we have a pee pad on just in case.
We got to NC State right at 9 AM and Dr. Bray walked Boomer out with a harness and his sling. He was doing really well walking and Dr. Bray said that Boomer was able to walk unassisted in the grass. The slick floor and concrete is another story. It was great news that he was still progressing. Dr. Olby came out and she was very excited about the progress that Boomer was making too. They gave us his discharge papers and he isn't on any pain meds-- actually he isn't on any medications at all. Which is awesome! They told us that we needed to bring him back in a week because it's 2 weeks from his surgery, so that he can walk on the extra special treadmill again.
So, we waved good bye until his check up to Dr. Bray-- she gave us the PT papers that he needed to do (massage and moving his legs around) and off we went. We brought Boomer's seat for the car so he can see out the window and he was so excited to get into the car:
You can see the big smile on that face. He was ready to go to his home and be back in his bed and with his stuff. We are a bit nervous with his staples and making sure that we keep him happy. It's hard because Boomer is like a baby. He can make noises that let you know that he's not okay and you don't know what's going to make him happy. We have to guess, but he's been a good mute patient so far. Since he's not on any pain meds it makes it easy to know that when he's tired he's had enough.
We were so excited that when he got home we wanted to test out his walking unassisted in the grass and we were so excited with the results:
Even though it's just a few steps and just a few seconds, it's wonderful to see him walking on his own again. Now, he does sway a lot with his back legs and he is unsure about pottying unassisted, so we still have a long way to go. In addition, he still cannot just stand up on his own. He pushes back to stand up but his back legs still aren't cooperating the way that they used to.
Boomer was just so happy to be back in his space and on his big bed:
He loved being home and being surrounded by his stuff. We were happy to have him there, but his quick walking stint outside really tuckered him out. It probably takes a lot of energy out of him to walk since he really has to do a lot of work to make it all work. It was okay though, because we really enjoyed the puppy snuggles as well.
We also liked having the time to just relax and not have to worry about anything else but enjoying having our puppy back home. We did get concerned because we would take him outside and he didn't want to potty at all. So that's been an adventure to get him to pee. Finally when we took him out for a final time he did pee and we could go upstairs to bed happy. I think out of all of the things that Boomer missed the most was our bed. I placed him on our bed and I think that was the biggest smile that he had all day.
Even though he's not smiling in this picture it made him super happy to lay up there again. He wasn't too thrilled though when it was time for bed and we put him in his crate on the floor. Luckily he didn't cry when we put him in there, he just realized that was where he was going to sleep. He did wake us up every three hours though with his coughing. Hopefully he kicks the cough soon because it sounds awful!
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