Another Week @ Home

Tomorrow will mark 3 weeks since Diesel had his ACL repair, or TTA Surgery.  As you can tell from this picture he has moved in quite comfortably to his "living room apartment" as we call it.  Him and I, we are enjoying free control of the remote control, one-on-one snuggle time, an easy access to the beer fridge.  We have allowed Polar or Rogue to sleep with us, sometimes one of them, sometimes both of them.  They miss their "big" brother, and it seems good for all of them to have some interaction.

We go for walks 2-3 times per week, just to the end of the block.  The vet says he is allowed 5-10 minutes walks, and week by week we will slowly increase that.  He is getting stronger, that is for sure.  Just trying to hold him back when the neighbors little yappy dogs bark at him, or the squirrel crosses the street takes all my strength.  To watch him walk, you really wouldn't notice anything is wrong (except for the shaved leg), and everyday-he seems to stand a little stronger and put more weight on that leg.  The hard part still, is keeping him quiet.  I have stopped the "doggie valium", the vet suggested that it could be having a reverse effect on him and that is why he was "whigging" out when we left him alone.  So we moved his crate back to his old spot beside Rogue, and he seems quite content.  I guess he missed Rogue, or maybe he feels Rogue is his safety blanket, whatever the reason, I am happy that I don't have to worry about him when I go into the office.  We give him one of the Rimadyl at night, enough to make him comfortable and sleep well, and then I sleep well.  Plus it keeps him from wanting to try to play with the other dogs from inside his compound.

In a few more weeks we will be taking him to the vet for his next follow up, hopefully they will take more xrays so we can see that the bone is healing well.  Until then, we just keep exercising, icing and doing some passive range of motion PT at home.  

And for those of you that are wondering about the other pups, they are not being neglected.  Kurt sleeps with the others, Polar and Rogue have both been to local 5K's recently, and Rogue got to go to a photo shoot :o).  It is hard to keep them all happy, but they are.

Stay Tuned- holiday adventures are sure to be something to write about.  And if I don't get to see some of you, or you aren't on Facebook- Have a very Happy Thanksgiving.  Love from the Huskies and the Huskylovr!