More good news today! Mentally, Lilly is so much brighter, alert, aware, and responsive. Physically, her motor skills still suck, but she can push herself up into a SIT. She needs help keeping her balance, but she can use her front legs to push up. There is a good chance she can come HOME tomorrow, so I have a boatload of housework and preemptive cooking to do. Just a few pix from today’s visit (Sunday, Aug 12, 2012).
Today’s visit began with a big pee puddle and then a monster poop, so the neurology technicians gave Lilly a quick bath for us. Apparently, the team calls the messes created by incontinent neurology patients with mobility issues “butt painting.”
In that case, let’s just say Lilly is a downright Picasso … since she still has like ZERO control of her rear legs.
We’ve scheduled a tentative GO HOME appointment for tomorrow afternoon. Pending her morning in-hospital full neurological exam, our baby girl should be home recovering in her own bed Monday night.
The two 12-hour infusions of that chemo drug don’t have full effect for 7-10 days, so the improvements we’re seeing are purely from high doses of steroids (dexamethasone) twice a day since Wednesday.
Can a worried girl get an YAHOO?!
Have a nice evening. Thanks to everyone for their kind words, support, love, commiseration, help, etc.
We still have a LONG, tough recovery ahead, but we’ll be glad to have our sweetie-bug home.
Fingers and toes crossed in hope of Lilly coming home! Great news!
Yahoo!! Glad to hear some positive news. 🙂
This is terrific news!
YAHOO and YAHOO!! Great job, Lilly.
YAHOO! So glad to hear positive news!
I do hope Lilly can come home. Everything must be so confusing for her. Much love to you both xx
Official WAHOOOO for Lilly.
Our prayers will continue indefinitely for this sweet girls recovery.
Newfie Love and Prayers.
Julie and the boys.
Really great news!!
Dear Roxanne, I don’t know how I’ve managed to miss your whole ordeal with Lilly until now. You’re a wonderful dog mom. I hope your writing, sharing, venting and the support you get from the pet community is helpful somehow. I’m so sorry you both are going through this …
Love –
Kristin, Cokie’s mom
That first picture of her is AMAZING! Yahoo! Fingers crossed that the exam goes well.
Yay!
So far, so good!
Yahoo Yahoo Yahoo!!!
How’s that?
Paws still khrossed!
Big YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!
I am so happy to hear she might be able to come home tomorrow!! I can’t imagine how relieved you must be! I know it’s so hard to have to leave them behind.
I LOVE her smile. 🙂
YAHOO! That even deserves another one! YAHOO!
Sam
YAHOO!!! She looks GREAT!
I sure hope she gets to come home tomorrow! I’m sure she’ll feel better once she’s back at home!