Monday, September 28, 2009
The Left Shoulder

Ok so as many of you already know my human had her left shoulder replaced in mid August. I haven't been posting to my blog as much since then mostly because I've been so busy keeping an eye on her and her mother who flew in from Iowa to help with her recovery.

Recovery has been going a lot slower than any of us would have liked. In fact she wasn't allowed to do anything for several weeks which naturally made her very weak from lack of activity.

As a working dog the lack of activity is my main complaint. I couldn't go anywhere with her for the longest time simply because she couldn't hold my leash. Mind you she still went places, even went to play with other dogs and to watch Ella have her puppies, but she did all this without me. So I just sat at home and waited for her return each time.

Finally after weeks of physical therapy she started holding my leash a bit and allowed me to go with her to therapy. This is when I met her physical therapist and we hit it off great. She's probably the craziest human I've ever met. She got down on the floor and played with me like a puppy would. It was great!

Last week the surgeon gave my human permission to start her normal routine and start rebuilding the strength in her arm; finally. So she's trying to do more and starts her next 4 weeks of physical therapy soon. It's still going to be a long recovery but I think things will be getting back to normal soon.

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