We picked up Shadow and Sadie yesterday from the kennel and we were praying really hard that Shadow would be walking, but the treatment hasn’t helped yet. The vet said that if the prednisone hadn’t worked by now that it probably wasn’t going to, but he still decided to give him enough for 7 more doses. I told him I didn’t want Shadow to get the side effects from too many steroids and he said that he would have to be taking them for a month or more before that would happen.

I told Bill that I need a baby bed because it’s too hard on my back and knees getting up and down and moving his pads around to a dry spot. He weighs 49 pounds and it’s like a dead weight because he can’t help me at least if he was higher I could maneuver him better. We used his blanket like a gurney to pick him up and put him in his wagon when we took him to and from the vets so that made it a lot better. I’m hoping it’s just a really bad sprain and will heal in a few months.

He’s not really in pain and he’s very alert and there’s nothing wrong with his front part, but he wants one of us near him at all times. If he’s not better by Spring we’ll just pull him around in his wagon when we take a walk because he loves to check everything out. This dog means the world to me and by taking care of him it helps alleviate the pain and loss I feel for my Son. Bill came home from work early to relieve me so I could get a few things done so I think I’ll drop some cards just to take my mind off things.

I plan on posting a list of all the blogs that left me such kind comments tomorrow, believe me I really appreciated them. That nasty cold is still hanging in there since Christmas so we may be going to the doctor soon.