Tomorrow Winston has his 8 week post-op check. We've got our fingers crossed that the bone will be healed and that nothing has moved. We've increased the time on one or two of his daily walks by 5 minutes and so far so good, he's still getting up ok after lying down and walking up and down the stairs easily.
One thing that has happened twice this week is that he has yelped and either jumped up (he was sitting down) or shot forward (he was walking), and then looked around with surprise like someone had poked him with something sharp. This had happened one other time many weeks back and he's been fine since then, so I made note of it and figured I'd just watch to see if it becomes regular. I mentioned it to one of my friends and she said that she's had a sudden sharp pain like that following her recent surgery and her doctor told her it was the nerve endings healing and a part of the normal process of healing.
If we find out that the bone is healed, we'll be able to start taking him for walks somewhere other than in our neighborhood because it will be ok for him to go up and down the ramp into & out of the car. Hooray!
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