Winston has progressed normally up to this point. We increased our walks 5 minutes per walk (3-4 walks per day) each week as scheduled. So at week 3 we were walking 10 minutes per walk and at week 4, 15 minutes per walk, week 5, 20 minutes per walk. This time, we never had to take a step back like we did last time. I think it was because his left leg was well on it's way to healing, and the right leg was now the bad leg, and it was steadily healing he was able to just move forward.
We took the exercise pen down and Winston spends most of his time on one of the dog beds or a couch. He's allowed on the couch because he's so tall that he can just step on and off of it as a lateral move rather than a jump. We have a baby gate across the bedroom door because he can walk onto the bed but he has to jump off of it. We also have a baby gate across the stairway so that he can only go up or down the stairs on a leash.
We didn't go to the physical therapist for this surgery since I still had all the notes from the first visits, and we were still doing the exercises and massages. Winston didn't fit into the underwater treadmill, and I really hated to make him go up and down the ramp into and out of the car if it wasn't absolutely necessary.
That blue stitch is still there! I have occasionally given it a slight tug, but it doesn't want to flake off.
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