Tobi Update!

So, today was an awesome day--Tobi walked for us!!! It was both exciting and painful to watch, all at the same time. She made it on three legs and used her back right leg as little as she could, but it was progress! Her back right leg is going to take longer to heal because the break where her pelvis and hip meet was not a clean one. Part of her hip remained attached to her pelvis, so it's a more tender spot for her. But, the fact she was even trying to walk was incredible.

Also, she has had a bunch of her medicines reduced so she is a lot more aware of her surroundings. She actually looked at us and recognized us (she was so out of it yesterday that I don't know as she even recognized who she herself was), plus I got a couple of licks out of her too. Oh, and as we were sitting there in the yard of the triage center, she saw some people walking across the way and started doing her deep little growl--it's sooooo Tobi! Normally we're trying to get her to stop growling and barking at every thing and everyone she sees, but it was so welcomed to have her back that we couldn't help but encourage her!

Yesterday, when the surgical tech picked her up to take her back in, she screamed and cried and tried to bite him. Today, she let out some groans and tried to nip at him a little bit, but it was nothing like yesterday. So, maybe tomorrow she will drop the biting part. Lord knows that little girl has some powerful jaws! (I did make some progress on the hand wounds by switching out to these gel-filled bandages that really seem to help. As long as Artis doesn't go crazy sterilizing the wounds, it doesn't hurt too bad.)

Tomorrow we're going to see her early in the morning and we'll try to get her to walk a little more. She may actually be home as early as Tuesday! We're working out the logistics for how this will all work. The current plan is that Tobi will stay full-time at Artis', while Matza and I travel back and forth. Tobi will be in her crate almost 24-hours/day for two months, so we're trying to make sure she doesn't get overly excited and want to get out and play with Matza all the time. Logistically, it's just not so fun. But, the thought of having her home is so exciting!! The problem is we probably won't get much else done at night for the next few weeks because we'll be hovering over her every move and encouraging her for doing the most basic things. I think she'll probably end up wishing she were back in the hospital just to escape our smothering, but whatev. She can cope. We need our Tobi back home.

Anyway, it's all great progress and we couldn't be happier!!

Update on 7-5-10--

Here is a video from yesterday's visit: