Wednesday Visit: Farts, Love and Happiness

Boomer is still where he was neurologically on Monday; however, he is back to himself.  You can see his big personality and all of his love for live when we saw him today.  You could tell he was no longer feeling the drugs and was back to thinking clearly.  When I first got there by myself today, Boomer was so happy to be in my lap, we took a selfie (on the left).  I actually got some kisses from him today too.

In addition to the sweet love that Boomer gave me, he also gave me some farts.  They were loud! I couldn't believe that they were coming out of him-- and he gave me some of his fecal matter too.  This I was not very pleased about.  Luckily Nancy had arrived at this point and she was able to help me clean up and get one of the technicians in to make sure that Boomer was all clear and he didn't have to defecate.  Since Boomer brought it up, I had to ask about him having BMs.  The said that because it is a muscle in his body he will continue to have BMs but they are uncertain if he knows if he's going to have them or not.  Since today he really started eating well and finishing all of the food that they gave him we will find out over the next few days whether or not he alerts you to know if he needs to go.  They are still helping him with his bladder.

He was so excited that I brought his hedgehog.  When he saw it, he tried to jump on it and he got it in his mouth and shook it all around.  I know he's happy to have that piece of home there with him.  He just looks happy today and happy that we were there.  Partially through the visit Boomer started to whine and I was concerned that it meant that he needed to poop, so when we went to start looking for someone to help us to know if they knew Dr. Bray walked in.  She thought that his whining might be because he was feeling back to his usual self and didn't want to get left behind.  So he was whimpering looking out the door and not wanting us to leave him there.

Nancy and I tried hard to get him to stand up and get him to walk around the room.  When one of the technicians was in the room, she helped him to walk around and he tried to jump up on me.  Luckily Nancy was able to catch this one on film: 

 Dr. Bray also told us that she would be able to show us how to walk him using a sling.  It does hurt your back bending over and trying to help Boom walk even though he's a little dude that position isn't comfortable after just a few minutes.  She also told us that Boomer is a little stinker in taking his pills.  He eats the meatball and then spits out the pill.  I told her we have the same problems so you have to switch up what you're giving him his pill in.

Boomer got comfy with us sitting on the floor too.  He was happy, just like yesterday, to be held.  I wonder if he knows that we are coming each day around the same time and looks forward to it.

We had to keep the little pad underneath him because I didn't want to be the place that the poop ended up on if he were to poop.  So, we made sure to keep him on the pad today even when I was holding him. When we were sitting on the floor he was looking out the door and whimpering, so we decided to take a little walk and sit out in the lobby area.  We couldn't take him outside because it had just started to rain, but he was happy to get to look out the window like we do at home.

We did take him outside after the rain stopped so that he could put his paws on the ground out there too.  Of course, he loves to go in the tall oriental grasses.. so we went into the tall oriental grasses. He got himself and me all wet, but I'm sure that he loved it. 

Nancy also filmed when I tried to help Boomer walk in the exam room: 

I love that in all of the pictures from today you can see how happy he is again.  You can see it in his face and eyes that he's all there.  Hopefully that's motivation for him to want to get going again and we get more feeling back into his legs and paws.  Everyday is just a little bit more progress and we are happy progress is being made.  

Justin hopefully will get to visit tomorrow.  He told me he doesn't want Boomer to think that only his mommy loves him and comes to visit him, so hopefully Justin can carve some time out of his day to come out and visit him.  I know it's hard for him to see all of the pictures and videos that I take and not be able to share it with me.  

We also found out today that fluffy visitors are also welcome!