We're running now

Sebastian RAN to my room today.

That was exciting and unexpected. This morning around 6 a.m., I woke up to Tim screaming and chasing Sebastian into my room. Apparently, he had escaped the crate when Tim opened it.

He also peed on Tim’s floor – not so good.

Tim was putting him up after his run to my room and was getting him more water when Sebastian stepped out and peed outside the crate – and then took off to my room again. I got up this time, held him as I put on clothes to take him outside so he could finish his business.

Though I was tired, frustrated and annoyed, I was glad that our pup was showing a good deal of progress! Tim even called me to say Sebastian rolled on his back this morning. Not a very safe thing to do, but the fact that he wanted to roll back, is a good sign that he is feeling much better.

Today, we are going to take him off the pain meds and stop using the leash behind his legs. Hope we are making the right decision!

Sebastian in good spirits - an update

Progress has been slow, but Sebastian is in good spirits. He is still wobbly when he walks – swaying his left hind leg more than his right. But for the most part, he is trying to walk on his own. We are still supporting his hind legs by holding them up with a leash wrapped around the end of his torso. Here's an example of how this looks:

Photo from original post: http://gimpydogblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/dog-carts-answer-to-mobility.html   

Yesterday afternoon, he wanted to go on a real walk. He walked from our backyard to the street sidewalk. He turned and wanted to continue walking on the sidewalk, but I stopped and took him back inside. He is supposed to be going out to use the bathroom only, so walks are out… for now.

And the best news of all is that he pooped! I’ve never been so happy to see poop! Poop means his bowels are finally working again and the effects of the anesthesia are really moving out of his system. The anesthesia slowed everything down in his body so we were told we wouldn’t see him poop until at least Wednesday. I take it as a very good sign that he has already done his business! Our lil guy even tried to kick his hind legs – something he used to do all the time after peeing.

I love that Sebastian’s personality has not changed at all. I used to always struggle to get our boy up to go out in the morning. It takes like 15-30 minutes before he will be ready to go. It’s seriously like trying to get a teenager out of bed. Because he’s been in the crate and because of his surgery, he hasn’t really done this.

This morning, that all changed. I fought him for 10 minutes to get him ready to go outside. He just sat there yawning, looking at me like I was crazy to be getting him up.

Love. him.