So, I've been doing rehab at home following the exercises I got from her rehab specialist (I can never remember the title). Cora is actually pretty good about doing the activities. Except the other day she refused to do the rocker board. She's generally seemed to enjoy that before so I gave it a pass.

I'm amazed at how well she does. She can balance on two legs when I pull her back leg up. She adjusts to the rocker board. She will walk over almost anything I ask her too. She usually likes me stretching her legs. Her least favorite activity is the slow turn to the left. I think it bores and annoys her but I can usually coax a few circles out of her. However she is often grumpy the next day after having done rehab. This makes me think she must be sore after, so I am trying to find a good balance.

Yesterday she was little miss rowdy. She was playing noisily in the yard and at one point I looked out and she'd jumped about 1.5 ft up (can you believe it!) to attack a bush. So, I loaded Floyd and her in the car and took her to my friends farm. She decided she would climb on top of a pile of wood. She ran. She jumped. And as I was watching her, I was thinking some of her movements do seem better. I'm not sure if that's the rehab or just her progressing over time.

And today we tried swimming. Cora loves the water. She is back to asking to be in the bath tub. So, we headed out into the pond. Her with her life jacket and me with my water shoes. She was ok at first but then she reached the point where it was time to swim. I had her (of course) and finally she tried to paddle. Then she panicked. She whined and cried and was miserable. We took a break and went back to land but then she headed out into the water again. She backed in which is one of the ways she navigates when she's really uncertain of her surroundings. Better to run your butt into something than your head. Again, when she actually tried to paddle she panicked. I tried holding her a bit until she calmed but she started shaking with fear and I said enough was enough.

Cora has also been inventing her own rehab exercise. There is the leap. This I don't have photos of. But she waits, listens, smells and then leaps off the ground towards her target- me, floyd, a bush... she is an equal opportunity attacker. And here are some more exercises below....

The Bath Tub Tiptoe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bath Tub Front Leg Reach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toe Balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the final amazing exercise... Cora is practicing her yoga... This is the Upside Down Dog Pose