Happy New Year, friends! Today marks 10 days since surgery. Everyday gets a little better. Her eyes are a little clearer each morning, her tail wags a little more vigorously, and she’s finally able to shake her head. While the move has been stressful on all of us, ultimately, the place is much better than what we had. Case in point, Maggie isn’t scared to go outside anymore because there aren’t stairs. Each day her confidence is building with moving around. When I get her collar out she gets up as quickly as possible, tail wagging, ready to go for a walk. Four days ago we walked about 50 yards. She was so excited to be outside. She loves sniffing the new neighborhood smells and listening to the neighborhood sounds. Later that night she tricked me into taking her for a walk. She acted like she had to go to the bathroom but when we got outside she started cruising down the street. So… we walked. Since then we’ve done a short walk each day. This makes her tired and happy. I think she was going nuts being cooped up.
I called the surgeon’s office this morning to see if the biopsy results were in, however, as of this morning they weren’t in.
Her bandage has come off but I’m keeping it covered with her compression shirt. The stitches look good and we will be going to see Dr. Nieves on Saturday, January 5 to get the stitches removed.
I’ve been lucky in that I’ve had 11 days off in a row. I’m not sure I could have handled everything while working – of course – maybe it would have been a good distraction. Regardless, Maggie is on the mend.
Wednesday marks my first day back to work and then Thursday marks Cory’s first day of grad school. Things are going to change and I know we need to get back on a routine.
Anyway, I’ll follow up once I know more about the biopsy, chemo information and her overall prognosis. I keep forgetting that there’s still a big battle ahead. It’s like all I can focus on is her surgery recovery and I think that once that’s done everything will be okay. Then I remember. Sigh… as long as my girl feels better in the interim and can live out the rest of her days happy and comfortable that’s all I care about.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by to see us, who sent messages and were overall incredibly supportive. It’s been heartwarming to see how many people care about us all.
Maggie and me 