Today marks the two week anniversary of Gracie’s surgery. She got her stitches removed today which was a huge relief as it is one less thing that we don’t have to worry about anymore.
We had a bit of a scare last Friday. After our therapy session we came home and I let her on the sofa with me to chill out and relax for a bit. I should have known better – especially since the yard people were in our neighborhood mowing. Before I had a chance to secure her beside me, she heard the lawn mowers and bolted off the sofa like a shot. The thing that had me concerned was that she twisted kind of funny when she landed – to say that I was totally freaking out about a re-injury would be an understatement. I sent Danny a panicked email and felt like I was going to vomit.
Thankfully, everything turned out fine. At therapy today everyone said that she is doing great and no harm was done. Gracie’s days of hanging on the sofa with me are done until this recovery process is complete.
On Saturday we headed out to Petco and bought an exercise pen for the living room. At first Gracie was not super happy with this development. I snapped this picture with my phone after she spent the better part of 15 minutes telling me all about how much she hated it.
After about an hour, she started really digging the freedom that the pen allowed. It was glorious! We were no longer tied to her leash and she had more space to stretch out and be a little more independent. I knew that the pen was going to work out when I came out of the office and saw her completely chilled out.
