Wednesday, April 23, 2008

PT update

Hi Everybody, *yawn*
Sorry I've been away so long. This physical therapy thing has taken a lot out of me. I just want to sleep all day long and Mom has even had a hard time trying to get me to come downstairs for breakfast and dinner sometimes. She can usually do it, if I hear the food going into my dish, but it's hard.
A couple of weeks ago, Mom noticed that I was hiding in my crate all of the time and the Dr. Julia put me on a pain medicine so I'd feel better. It took a little while for the medicine to kick in, but I am feeling better now.
I like the people at PT. The assistant is named Jenny and she's really nice to me. Both she and Dr. Julia cheer me on when I have to run on the water tredmil and they give me yummy liver treats. After that, they dry me off and put me on this wobbly board and I really don't like that. One of the nice things though, is that Dr. Julia does something with a pressure gun called kyropractic and it makes my back feel loads better. I was in a lot of pain yesterday because Dr. Julia said my pelvis was tilted because I'd been putting too much pressure on my back to compensate for my weak knee, and when she did the kyropractic, I felt sooo much better!
Mom was sad about me being in pain, and she says she misses me when I was bouncy, but I just can't explain to her how darn tired I am. She should know too. I mean, she had physical therapy too. Anyhoo, it's a beautiful day out today. The sun is out and it's nearly 80 degrees. Mom would have loved to take me on a walk, but my leg can't take it.
Mom says I'm getting lots better, and that I probably won't have to have surgery. She doesn't want me to have it because I would have to probably be sent back to guide dog school so they could do it, but neither Mom nor I would want that. Well, I think it's time for another nap now. Mom is being very nice to me and is letting me use her bed. Anyway, I'll try to write more when I'm more perked up.
Bye for now you guys,
the tired Torpedo