Sadie: Knee surgery day 5 update

April 12th 2010
Sadie is putting a little more weight down on her leg. She still does not really use her left leg all that much. She had some fluid/swelling in her knee and ankle, however, the swelling seems to have gone down some. She started barking again (she hates being trapped in her 5 by 7 area). This would indicate to me that she is starting to feel better. She still does sleep alot and she looks real sad with her plastic E collar on. She has trouble chewing her bones and is crashing into everything. I might take off the collar soon. It appears that she can reach her staples-even with the collar on-I guess I will see as the week goes on. Overall she is making slow progress and seems in no hurry to use her left leg.