It's A Good Day at Lucy's House

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

Lucy says "Yes, I'm laying on this pillow, but only because I want to, not because I have to.  Do you see a leash on me!".

Ding Dong The Wicked Cage is Gone!

Lucy had her 7 week follow up today.  Should of been 6 weeks but the Dr was on Vacation last week.  Anyway, good news is that she does not have to stay on leash or crated in the house any longer.  She can be free to roam as much as she would like.  It is ok if she jumps up on the Sofa, just no flights of stairs, which we don't have anyway.  The disappointing news is that the short walks I thought she was going to get are pretty short.  We get to add 5 mins to each of her outside potty breaks.  So, lets say she is normally out for 10 mins, this week she can have a 15 min walk for potty.  Next week 20 mins, etc.  That's for the next 6 weeks.  Then after that she is allowed outside in the back yard for limited play.  Not with Sophie, but by herself.  Sophie instigates pretty rough play so I know I will probably need some pretty good drugs before I get up the nerve to let them out together.  However, it is a while before we have to worry about that.  He said that the knee feels really good.  That she has a lot of range of motion both bending it and straightening it, so that was all good news.  Now we just worry about it for the next 4 months or so and try and be patient as we build up those walks.   The purpose of the short walks is to build her muscles back up after laying for 7 weeks.   So far she is mostly just laying around the house.  It is so good though to come into a room and have her smiling little sweet face walk up to you rather than have to go over to her pen to say hello!  It has been a long 7 weeks, but we have very good end results as the outcome in the future.  I just wish I could make that a reality for all the other little Doodles out there going through much tougher times.

OH AND THE GOOD NEWS I FORGOT -- She lost almost 4 lbs which made the Doctor really happy since she did it with absolutely no exercise!  Yeah!

[Elizabeth, Bailey & Bruin]

Yeah Lucy.....good job momma! 

[Gail and Bailey]

Hooray! Lucy, you have been so good! Each day you will get stronger and soon you will be playing with Sophie again. Congrats to the whole family for being such good troopers!

[Carol and Banjo]

Lucy, We're so glad you're on the mend!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Wonderful news. Lucy keep up the good work.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Such happy news!  It's all downhill from here.....WooHoo.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Yay, I am so glad the surgery was successful and Lucy has more freedom now! You've made it through the worst of it, this next few months will be a piece of cake!

[Leslie and Halas]

Congrats on being free, Lucy!

It's still a long road back to 100%, but at least you know she's on the way.  Just like a human patient, she'll have to take it easy and slowly build back up.  My wrist surgery was just over a year ago, and I'm doing stuff with it now that I hadn't been able to do for several years, so the long road back was worth it.  Good luck!

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

That's wonderful news.  The next few weeks will fly by - don't worry!

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Good for you Lucy, so happy that you are free - well almost.

PS, can you tell me how to do that lose weight thing without exercise please?

[Camilla and Darwin]

Good work on healing Lucy, hopefully you will be romping soon!

[Margaret & Pebbles]

Wonderful news!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

What a relief for all of you!! 4 pounds laying around....Lucy, How did you do it?? Hopefully, the time will fly by and soon this will all be behind you.