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boogieshoes
well, abbie survived being alone while me and roomie were at work better than i did. i was worried about her all day. of course, she was fine. didn't move too much, which is to be expected, but she had gotten up enough to lumber off her bed in the living room and onto the wood floor. she wouldn't wear the cone of shame, so before he left (roomie leaves a lot later than i), i had roomie put one of my pillows over her front legs so her head could rest on it. since a lot of her licking is anxiety-based, i figured a strong smell of 'mom' would help. Roomie said it helped right away - she obviously recognized it and was happy to sleep with it.
i feel like the swelling is down in her ankle and paw, and it isn't hot to the touch, but not cool, either. the skin looks pink and healthy. her skin is naturally mottled under her hair, so it can be a little difficult to tell bruising from normal skin. but she was feeling good enough to bark at the little dogs when roomie took them out to pee. So that's good. The big issue now will be to get her to pee outside tonight - she doesn't like storms, and it's raining intermittently and her paw hurts, so she may not really want to go out. And I can't carry her, although I can help her stand up.
Overall, things going well. But I think if I hadn't bleached my hair 2 saturdays ago, it would have turned white 2 days ago anyway. >.>
-boogieshoes, overly worried dog-mom
i feel like the swelling is down in her ankle and paw, and it isn't hot to the touch, but not cool, either. the skin looks pink and healthy. her skin is naturally mottled under her hair, so it can be a little difficult to tell bruising from normal skin. but she was feeling good enough to bark at the little dogs when roomie took them out to pee. So that's good. The big issue now will be to get her to pee outside tonight - she doesn't like storms, and it's raining intermittently and her paw hurts, so she may not really want to go out. And I can't carry her, although I can help her stand up.
Overall, things going well. But I think if I hadn't bleached my hair 2 saturdays ago, it would have turned white 2 days ago anyway. >.>
-boogieshoes, overly worried dog-mom
