Day 53

Hana is out of doggy jail on parole, with some limitations. For the next 6 weeks she is allowed unlimited leash-less walks, so that is good. But no jumping or roughhousing. After the 6 weeks of leashed walking, if she is doing okay she is allowed to jump and play!

Day 51

My husband and I took Harvey, our other dog, to the dog beach today. I think Hana was really pissed off at us and stressed because when we came home there was a bunch of gross liquidy diarrhea waiting for us. Ahh!! She is not acting funny or vomiting so I don't know what the problem is. I'm going to buy some more chicken and make her chicken & rice again. Too bad it's Sunday and tomorrow is a holiday, she always seems to get sick or have problems on a weekend or holiday weekend!

Day 50!

Hana has been feeling better. Her BM's (ew, ha) are more normal, still a bit soft but no more blood. She's been eating and drinking okay too, so I haven't called the vet.

I can't wait for her appointment!

Day 48

Hana has had loose poops the past couple of days, and today it's full on diarrhea. When I just went to clean some more up (she made it onto the puppy pad, though!) I noticed little bright red flecks in it. I hope that this isn't blood and I hope it's nothing too serious. I have no clue how she can even have an upset stomach, unless it's stress-related. She has not been out of her crate or 4x4 x-pen for 8 weeks now! Her diet hasn't changed, her treats have been consistent. Nothing has really been out of the ordinary for her! Ugh. I have chicken boiling on the stove right now and I am going to throw some rice in. I hope she eats it, last time I had to do this she wouldn't touch the rice. Poor Hana... seriously.

Day 42.

Hana seemed to know that we missed her appointment. She spent the whole day yesterday glaring at me and pouting. :( Today all she wants is out of her x-pen. I put her harness and leash on her and walked her around the living room and kitchen for about 5-10 minutes. She only wanted to run, play and jump. She can't do that just yet, so I had to put her back. Last night when I lifted her out of her crate and onto the potty pad before bedtime, she screamed like something hurt her. Scared the crap out of me. But she didn't limp or use her leg oddly, so I have no idea what it was. Maybe she just didn't like how I picked her up.

Not being able to have the surgeon look at her and just tell us we're doing things alright is killing me! I'm convinced her leg is somehow messed up and popped out of socket again, or that the pin is dislodged or something, etc. I just want him to tell me she's healing okay.

Day 40. Worst day ever.

Hana's appointment was at 9am this morning. My alarm was set for 7:30. For some reason, it decided not to go off. Or we shut it off in our sleep and have no recollection. I didn't work until 2pm today so it's likely I slept right through it. When we called to try to reschedule for ASAP, they told us the next appointment isn't until May 26th @ 8:30am! Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Not only am I really sad that this happened, but I feel horrible for Hana. :( She now has to remain in dog jail for two more weeks. At least her leg will be even more healed up, but it still sucks. Bad.

I'm a horrible dog mother. :(

Day 39, pictures.

She is still boycotting her EVO dry kibble. She removes it from her bowl and drops it on the floor. That's one of them on her pillow.

Day 39

Hana's appointment is Wednesday (tomorrow, technically) with the surgeon. I totally thought it was Thursday, oops! I hope they say good things, I really hope they do! She has been pretty good. She totally refuses her dry food, which is in a pain. Her tear stains are coming back as a result, which stinks. Oh well. ONE MORE DAY!

DAY 36

Today Hana cried when she was laying down. The same type of cry she made when her knee popped out in the past. It made my heart sink. Then, later on when I was placing her in the x-pen, she made the same cry when my hand grazed her leg/knee. My heart sank again. Could her knee still be messed up? Did we not follow the after care correctly? Did I do something wrong? I will die if she needs another surgery again, I will just die. We haven't let her run, jump around, play, etc. I'm not sure what could have even gone wrong. She does jump up against the side of the x-pen sometimes, but that's the extent of her mobility. I can't stop her from moving completely!! I feel so horrible for her. Besides those two cries, she seems okay knee-wise. Even right now she is laying and sleeping on that side, just fine. I hope it's just a little sore or something. Oh, I hope so. We had lots of people over at the apartment today, so maybe it's just from the stress and barking she did. I really hope she's okay. :( :( :(

Day 32

I'm so excited that next week is Hana's follow up with the surgeon! I also can't wait until she isn't stuck in the crate and I can get a good night's rest! I took some pictures of her and her gigantic bone. I actually bought it for Harvey but she expressed an interest in it.

Day 30

It's a beautiful day in Chicago so Matt & I decided to let Hana walk around for just a couple of minutes outside. She LOVED it! She kept trying to run so we had to stop her, but she was so happy to be outside and she looked SO pretty! Her hair has gotten longer and she just looks so cute. She's walking a lot better on her leg now but still doesn't put all her weight on it. Her appetite isn't back to normal completely yet, she still kinda picks at it. I've continued giving her the Wellness Core Chicken & Liver canned food because she really enjoys it, along with her dry EVO. She barely eats the dry food. Oh well.

I'm nervous for when she's better, I think it will be hard to teach Harvey not to pounce on her and play bite at her ankles. At least I'll be home to watch them though, since I still haven't been able to find a job. I may be starting a new one soon though, *crosses fingers* so hopefully by then she'll be feeling 100% better! Poor thing.