Sunday, January 18, 2009

We're making progress




After many night of sleeping in the family room, Luke finally progressed enough to climb the stairs to the bedroom level of our home. He hasn't been able climb stairs or walk very far since his surgery, but he seems to be improving.

Luke likes to sleep outside our bedrooms and keep an eye on things all night. He is an incredible watch dog. During the day, he naps and rests up.

He stays in the family each night until the last family member goes to bed. So in order to keep him from trying to climb the stairs at night, someone in our family has slept on the couch each night with him.

What a blessing to have such a wonderful animal.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Luke - Follow up Surgery 1/2/2009



Luke went back in today for surgery to repair his previous ACL surgery. The doctor showed us the mono filament line and clamps that were removed and explained how he had re-attached the ACL from the previous attempt.

Luke is laying beside me now heavily sedated on morphine for pain. He has no appetite yet.

Poor boy. He's been through a lot in the last year.