Dr. Bray called me at 2:10 letting me know that she was really busy and that she was really sorry that she forgot to call earlier and that she was really busy. She also wanted to share in the good news that Boomer was now in control of his bladder and he peed twice last night and today. She also was happy that there was movement in Boomer's legs-- he's not ambulatory but there is movement.So, when we got there today Boomer was so excited to see us-- and he had a fluffy visitor today too! Cooper came to visit Boomer. I think Cooper was thoroughly confused about what was happening there, but was thrilled to see Boomer. Boomer was happy to have someone of his own species there visiting him and I think that it seemed a bit more like home for him.
Since when Dr. Bray called she said that he had leg movements and I wanted to see what movements he had. So, Nancy was able to hold him and we were able to see what he was up to:
We were so impressed with what Boomer has accomplished so far. It's just good to be able to hold him too. I think he looks forward to the time that we come to visit him. I want to believe that he's gotten into a routine with his day and knows that after he does certain things that we are going to come visit him.
I think Boomer doesn't like being cooped up in the little exam room because when he does lay in my arms he looks at the door for the exit. So today we decided to take him outside. We just had one of those rains this afternoon and it had finally finished so outside we went. I put Boom down and held up his rear end and he was so happy to be able to sniff. We walked around a lot and he sniffed a lot of grass and then halfway through our time outside he got into his squat position and as I held up his back end in his squat he peed. It was great that he wanted to be able to pee and he did. We walked around a bit more-- It's hard to walk around bent over holding up his back end. I wasn't able to walk as fast as he was. And staying bent over that long really hurts my back. We're going to have to learn the sling method sometime soon so my back gets saved! We came inside and were able to let the staff know that he peed which I'm sure that they wanted to know of what he did.
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| Boomer Selfie |
We came back inside and went back into the exam room. Cooper was still concerned that he was going to have something done to him while he was visiting Boomer, but he ran around the room and that gave Boomer motivation to want to get up and move around too.
All of the moving around and everything that he did outside really got him tired and he wanted to just sit for awhile after we came in. He then started to really whine and complain and I didn't know if he over did it and he was in pain.
One thing we also did notice today was that his patch on his side that was giving him medicine is now gone and he has nothing on his body at all, so he's getting all of his medicine orally now.
The staff from the study did hear about his peeing when we went outside and part of what they are monitoring on him is his bladder functioning. So they did want to take him and do an ultrasound of his bladder to see how much he was able to void. When they entered the room Boomer and Cooper were up to their usual antics and barked at the staff when they came in. I think that is the first time that they would have had Boomer bark at them. Then they brought him back in the room and he was just really tired. So we were seeing that it was probably a good time for us to depart. The vet tech came back in and took Boomer in her arms and he was sad to see us go. He realized that he was going back to his kennel and then didn't want me to leave. Today was a good visit and I'm glad to see that he is making as much progress as he is.
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| Boomer with Nancy showing off he doesn't have his patch on his side anymore. |
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| Hanging out with Boomer after his adventure of his walk and peeing! |
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| Our little man! |
That's such a cute picture of him - you can't see any evidence of his surgery.
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