Day 4.1

I'm happy to note Lulu somewhat improved today. She is more interested in sitting though we still have to assist her to the position and then she can only maintain it for a few minutes. She's lifting her head more often and at times, bringing herself to her elbows instead of just lying on her side.

The tech at the clinic indicated that because she continues to show signs of dysphoria, we should stop the oral pain killer entirely. So far, she's still displaying pain but the tech believes this is the leftover heightened behaviors of dysphoria and to try to bare it.

We were instructed to move forward with more substantial foods:the menu for this evening includes a mixture of boiled ground beef, brown rice, beef gravy baby food and a spoonful of pureed pumpkin to help get the bowls working again. While this doesn't sound grommet to me, the smells from the kitchen have Gus very impressed and Lulu as interested as an immobile French Bulldog can reveal. Yum, yum.

Because of the dysphoria, Lulu hasn't tolerated any physical therapy which consists of manipulating her hind legs back and forth and her hip outward and inward, then massaging the joints of the feet, legs and hips. In addition, she has not been able to walk assisted with the sling at all let alone the recommended three times per day, as the dysphoria has rendered her front legs stiff and unpliable. Because all her muscles have been unworked for the past four days, we have to begin therapy on the front legs as well. What we do for love.

Well, Gus is sitting impatiently in front of me making very frustrated little groans so I should go. I'll leave you with a picture of the kids a couple years ago when Gus was still smaller than Lu.