When we first got there, they took us into the back to her cage and she was awake and aware and when we opened the cage she immediately came hopping out to us and layed down, wagging her tail.  They said she wasn't eating (fairly normal for a dog living on intravenous pain meds according to them) and asked us to try and feed her.  They brought us some yummy steak and she wouldn't even look at it.  She actually got up and tried to hop away from us because we had it.  Our dogs don't eat people food so we thought that we'd go up and get some of her favorite organic treats and some pupperoni.  She LOVES pupperonis.  When we got back they were changing out her IV so they had us wait up front until they were done.  All of the sudden I heard, "Yeah, her you go, there they are." and Lucky came hopping around the corner and straight for us.  She got to us and then flopped down.  She was tired but looked amazing.  We loved on her and when we stood up to go to the private room for our visit, she started hopping like mad for the door.  She was ready to go.  It was sooooo funny and very comforting to see that she has gotten 1000% better in just 1 day.  We visited in the private room for about an hour.  She wouldn't even eat a pupperoni.  We figured that we had better get going and let her rest.  I knew that if we left the room before she did she would try and hop away with us so I went and got the aid.  She opened the door and Lucky bolted, or hopped quickly, out the door and down the hall, the wrong way, towards the back offices.  She frantically went in one room and then another.  It was hilarious.  She was determined to find a way out.  My roommate said "She ain't no dummy.  She's afraid that if she falls asleep in here again, when she wakes up something else might be missing."  LOL We all laughed.  (sorry for the sick humor)   They are letting her do whatever she wants, safely and with monitoring.  They said they were VERY happy with her recovery rate considering the complication and will call me Monday morning to let me know if she can come home.  We both were amazed at the change in 1 day.  She looked so much better and was really ready to go.  I just wanted to update everyone.  It was a wonderful visit.  Now we just have to get her eating.

 

Tim