One week

One week! It’s gone by quickly, yet not at all.

Our Chloe-Bear is doing so great. Last night was another good one. Pain was managed, and she didn’t yelp out once. She had no anxiety attacks and slept most the night – two potty breaks. Her amp site looks to be calming down – it doesn’t look as bruised, the skin tone is evening out, and there is very little fluid build up. Amazing!

She is still a little picky with her food, so we are doing 1 cup of kibble (soaked in broth) with 1 can of wet food, and she’s leaving a little in the bowl each meal. She has started to get very picky about her treats/meds, so we’ve had to break out the cream cheese & braunschweiger. Yuck! We have fed her a limited ingredient potato & duck kibble for most of her life with great success and very few stinky Boxer toots, but with all the “junk food” she’s been eating post-amp, the toots are burning our eyes!

My dad stopped by unexpected, and Chloe happily wagged her nub for him. She even kidney beaned! Jenson got over excited and smushed into her amp site, which did give her some pain. I’m impressed with her, though, she recovers so fast from those painful moments and goes right back to being her happy self.

Our house was a little chaotic today – both of our kids were home sick, and our dishwasher recently broke but the new one was delivered today. She barked and wagged her nub for the delivery guys, and tried to “help” Joe work on the installation. She handled the excitement like a pro, though. Joe picked up a second dog bed at Costco because Jenson has started to bed hog. I did see her curl up tight today – first time since surgery.

I will be back at work tomorrow, but Joe will be home with the dogs (and the kids, who still had fevers today). Hoping for another day like today! Woof!!