NOVA UPDATE: She's doing well today. Mom and Doug were up all night watching her trying to figure out the best position for her to lay. Other then that she's using her legs and Doug holds her up and she walks. I think Doug is gonna work from home this week to watch her.  Doug's friend Ed is gonna come over and take her for a walk to pee in the yard and mom's  putting cold compresses on Nova's wounds to help with swelling. I think even mom is surprised how well she's doing other then her meds making her sleepy and helping her deal with the pain I'm sure she's in. Mom and Doug are heavily reading that book got them they are learning a ton. The music you hear in that video mom always plays for Nova it's puppy music it helps calm her and it's hilarious she will sleep with one eye open cause of the dog on the TV hahaha  but the music helps her rest and sleep. Moms been playing music for the animals for yrs even gave her tablet to the Guinea pig so he could have tunes while he sleeps if she needs to step out lol

Yea just to have her stand every three hours during the day to strengthen her legs. Other then that she sleeps and rests and we sit with her and talk to her etc cater to her every need . I'm here with her I'm on Nova duty tomorrow for an hour or so while mom runs errands. She's sooo alert she stood for me when I came in. 

Her tail still goes a million times an hour lol she still wags it like normal. The mass removed above her bum was a mass that we all thought it was fat but the clinic re tested it and conformed that it was cancer so that's why it was removed. Nova's now sleeping. She stands well to get up to go to bathroom breaks. Doug talked to the surgeon he was very pleased how well Nova is healing. Her fur is soft and fluffy the shaved patches which I can't help laugh cause they look like they shaved patterns or shapes in. Nova lol but her fur is starting to grow back. 

Yea it's pretty funny the patches they shaved looked like they all failed dog shaving 101 in school cause there's a square on her bum and around her neck that whole area is zigzag lol and the fur that it growing back feels like a brush cut lol. She stands when she wants to sometimes unassisted other then us getting her up to stand to. Strengthen her legs we gotten her to take a few steps here and there and there are a few she's taken on her own aside from walking to go out to go. pee and poopie in the yard and she's learnt to bring her back legs down and the brace with her front leg to lower herself so she doesn't just drop. We were very surprised she started doing that on her own. Mom was amazed a few nights back mom was reading your book which she refers to as the Bible and she glanced over and Nova was standing on her own a bit wobbly. My mom assists her onto the couch were she's learnt to move closer to one side so she can look out the window better lol till she heals. She tried barking at dogs going by her bark is still horse but it will go back to normal. Today was a lazy day for Nova. She had visitors yesterday during the morning so when I came at night she was happy to see me at night but she knows her current limits but boy does that tail go a hundred miles an hour. She had an apple snack it was funny mom cut it for her but she kept asking for something till I noticed mom never cut the core properly once I recut her apple she devoured it. She had a few whiny noises at bedtime but since Doug brought the guest mattress from that bed upstairs they all slept together Nova slept soooo soundly. This morning not one peep not one yelp. We had a good lazy day. Oh and today was the first time she was able to lick her back paws mom was surprised she was able to do that. 

I will she's really enjoying the book. The last few days I'm getting "The book says we need to do this" it's nice. Yea about 98% of her day is sleeping and.rest cause she is still on a bunch of meds they see the doc Feb 24. Student groomers awww. Lol but yea Nova is a very fast learner and on the flip side milking every ounce of love out of us lol. And I swear if I had my phone handy I would have filmed it mom's trying to entertain her lol by using a few of Nova's toys as a puppet show I personally think the dog thinks mom's lost it lol but it was pretty funny.

Feb 15th Nova Update today I did a surprise visit to Nova and she was laying down and she rolled over and got up and walked with the watchful eye of mom to me at the front door. Then after having a bathroom break she was laying next to me and she used her front paw to indicate she was wanting something. So then she sat up then laid back down then all of a sudden she stood up unassisted and all by herself then took one step so mom came downstairs and helped her with getting on the couch.