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Day 3 – More mobility
Bellona is doing well and made more improvements today. When I got home from work guess who was on the couch? Bellona looked like she was happy to be back on one of her top two placed to sleep (the … Continue reading
Day 2 – Somewhat of a quiet evening
Bellona is still doing good and made some big improvements today. She can get up an walk around without assistance. No sling was needed – even for the 2 stairs down to get outside to the lawn. In our attempt … Continue reading
Day 1 – Welcome Home Bellona
We safely got Bellona home and she’s sleeping on her makeshift bed of 2couch cushions and a blanket. It seems to work well since she loves to sleep on the couch. We didn’t want Bellona to get the urge to climb up … Continue reading
Day 1 – Coming home today
I just talked to Dr. C and Bellona has continued to make improvement and will be coming home tonight. Bellona has been eating and has been up walking around with some help. The clinic has been weening her off the … Continue reading
Day 1 – Early phone call
We received a call early this morning from the vet clinic and Bellona is doing great! She’s been up walking around last night. It’s possible she will come home today if she continues to do well. More new to come.
Surgery update #2
We just got a call from the vet. Bellona is awake and has tried to get up and walk around already. The floors at the clinic are slick so she wasn’t too successful but she’s still drugged up on IV pain meds. … Continue reading
Surgery update
Bellona’s surgery went well today. It was later than expected so we had to wait till late this afternoon for an update. Bellona will remain sedated till tomorrow morning. Dr. C will give us another call before she leaves tonight … Continue reading
Surgery Day
Today is the day Bellona goes from limping on 4 to hopping on 3. Although it will take her some time before she will be steady on her feet, but I know she can do it. We’re taking Bellona to the … Continue reading
Surgery tomorrow
Sunday Feb 6th 11:30 am We made our way to the vet this morning and went over our options for Bellona. Even though we had already decided to go with amputation we still needed to hear what our vet … Continue reading