I have a theory about the water drinking. She used to be a BIG Chug-Chug water drinker, but I think when she drinks a bunch and then has to hop instead of walk it sloshes too much. The first couple of days home she was doing big chug-chug, but would go to walk and some water would come back up. 
She is peeing several times during the day and sometimes has to go at night, so I’m not too worried about her being dehydrated. It is just a behavior change since her amp. She also prefers to drink it out of a bowl with us holding it versus her water dispenser on a stand. We always have water available to her and offer it several times throughout the day.

And YES, Sally, Lucy prefers terra firma!!

Hi All! Just an update on Miss Lucy. Surgery recovery is going really well! She has her spark back! She had some zoomies last night, she plays with toys, she eats like a champ, goes potty, and gives tons of tail wags and love. We add one house length every couple of days to our walks and she loves it! She gets more comfortable walking as a tripawd every day and I’m going to have to start wearing runny shoes to keep up with her! 

She was having some neck pain from adjusting to her new gait as a tripawd. We tried PT in the water, but she hated it. We tried acupuncture and she wouldn’t get out of the car and then they treated her in the back of the car and she was too stressed to get any benefits. Finally, I found an animal chiropractor that made a house call and Lucy seems to be doing much better with her neck pain after that. The chiro evaluated her gait and other limbs and she said everything is doing great!

 We just dropped her off for her second chemo appointment and she does not like to get out of the car. It took my husband and the vet tech to drag her out! She shows no interest in any high value treat to get her out not even peanut butter! I feel like I’m torturing her every time I have to take her to the vet because she is so stressed by being there. I feel so bad! Unfortunately, chemo is the necessary evil vet visit that we have to do. Now, I have to wait for her to be done this afternoon. 

Lucy is now 8 weeks post op! At this point she has zero limitations. She runs, jumps, plays, gets zoomies, and  barks at the little dogs next door. In short, Lucy is back to herself! Sometimes I think she has more energy now that she did before she was a tripawd. 

Lucy went in this past week for her first set of follow up X-rays and they were clear!!! That gave us tons to be thankful for this holiday. Her WBC count was a little too low to do her third round of carbo, but she is scheduled for next week. When we picked her up from her X-rays she was so excited she jumped all the way up into the back of our 4Runner, she didn’t even do that before. 

It makes me so incredibly happy to see how well she is doing! I still have to remind myself every day to “Be More Dog .” so I can enjoy the little things with her. I can’t thank this community enough for all of the support when she was freshly recovering. I will update in a few weeks, until then Lucy will be living her best life!!

Thank you!! Lucy is 5 and will be 6 in January. We’re going all out for her birthday this time around! If you are on Instagram she has her own account @lapetitbleudane if you want to keep up with her adventures.