A Day at the Lake November 2, 2011

Before all of this went down, we'd walk the trails and lakeside of the state park near our home.  She's feeling good this week so today we took her up to the lake.  When she saw the lake and began our short walk, she pulled on the leash like a freight train - both hind legs working. She knows better. She's normally a pretty good walker. Not the best, but under the circumstances, it was ok. Actually not just OK, it was fantastic.

We don't know whether we're on track of curing her underlying condition, pain medicating or both.  Personality wise, Princess is her normal self. She does not act like we think a gravely ill dog on pain medications should act. We see this as a hopeful sign. We'll know soon enough on her follow-up with Dr. Chris in 2 weeks.

It's our burden as her human "parents" to worry about her condition and hope and pray for what we want to be the eventual outcome of this all.  A minute doesn't pass that we don't think about it. But to Princess, life's good! She's got all the food, attention, and the freedom to lay around all day. Right now, she's peacefully napping in the sun - her legs twitching. We call that running in the fields. We're glad that she's so happy and doing well. Maybe she's dreaming of her beautiful day at the lake. We sure hope so.