increasing the frequency of the pain meds seems to have helped. today is better

Thanks.

Ok, today will be an interesting experiment. I am taking Cora to work. We will see if she can deal with the travel and transfer to my office and if she can be quiet enough at work that I can actually function.

It's going to be an insanely busy day at work so if I don't post tonight, don't worry. I will be back.

Chris

Oh thanks so much for sharing that, Sally. When I tried to find info online I wasn't finding a lot about itchiness.

The past couple days at work have had it's ups and downs. It has showed me how far she's come. I tried early on bringing her and she was loud and fretful the whole time and I thought my head might explode.. which would be messy. There were loud periods but mostly she was quiet and when she was loud, there was a reason- she needed to potty, a crying baby, pain med wearing off. Certainly there have been bits when she was stressed out. The socialization is probably really good for her. And it's tired her out. She's a sleepy girl right now. We are both figuring out how to make this work and I will bring her again and take her other places too.

Today during lunch I drove to another office for a bit and when I got back to my office she was sound asleep in the car. Since it was nice and cool (but not cold) I left her. She slept through the maintenance crew power washing the cement and blowing away the grit. Then the thunder storm arrived. I decided to bring her inside. I got her out of the car and we were about to walk in and just that fast the storm was right on top of us. Knowing that our building has been hit by lightening before, I was ready to run. Cora, knowing she couldn't run quickly, hunkered down. I scooped her up and hurried us inside. Cora doesn't like to be carried and being "scooped" would normally be a cause for great upset. This time, Cora had no complaints at all.

It makes me reflect. People have been commenting on Cora's increased trust. I had to take a moment to reflect on that. Cora is still "determined". She wants  to do things her way. But she will let me guide her if we are going in a direction she wants to go. The first few days after her surgery all she wanted was me near her. When she's really frightened, what calms her is me holding and touching her. And every day now, she comes to me to get pats and ear scritches. She's changed so much from the girl who might growl at any touch at all.