Jake

This has been a very busy week.  On Monday and Tuesday Jake had his last walks on the beach for a while.  Tuesday night Dr. Sukhiani phoned my mom to go over Jake's surgery on Wednesday.  Wednesday morning we took him into Vancouver Island Veterinary Surgery.  This was at 9:30.  He had his surgery and we picked him up at about 3:00 p.m.  Dr. Sukhiani and Tara (his assistant) went over Jake's post-operative care. When we brought Jake home he was very drowsy and he did not like his crate ride home.  The first night was rough and he cried and kept my mom up.  Once she put her hand on his head inside his pen he would stop.  He just want to be sure that someone was with him.

He has a pain patch and we also give him antibiotics and pain medicine.  This will continue over the next few weeks.  He will also have to have a Cartrophen injection which will help with his recovery.

Today he ate twice and went outside to do his business without the aide of someone holding him up.  He does not really like to be in his crate but this afternoon my mom held him for about 2 hours and gently stretched his leg and gave him some ice. We have not seen any swelling but it is coming.  He did like his cuddle time!  We don't want to get into the habit of picking him up or he will spend the next 18 weeks being in our arms.

I thought for a change of scenery I would get out my Littlest Pet Shop tent and he seemed to like that.

I am sure each day will get better and better.  I will try to post on a regular basis.

Thank you to all of Jake's well wishers......

Jake in my tent

Jake and Oscar

Lazy Boy

Escape artist

Jake

These past few weeks have been really busy.  Jake is having lots of fun playing outside in the sun and going to the beach. Jake is booked to have his knee surgery with Dr. Sukhiani this Wednesday, June 18, 2014.  Jake's recover period is approximately 18 weeks which will bring us to October 22nd.  In preparation for this we have made some changes in our home and my mom will be moving into the basement bedroom to be with Jake at night for about the next two months.  He will be restricted to 5 and 10 minute "pee breaks" and will not be allowed to be very mobile until about week 6 where he can increase his time to 15-20 minutes walking gently in the backyard.  He will require daily physio which we will be giving him 3 to 4 times a day.  I have set up a "spa" area so Jake can have some quiet time and a calm space to recover.  Jake has two spots to be, one crate upstairs for daytime and a smaller crate downstairs where he will be sleeping.  His sleeping area has easy access to the backyard where we can carry him out.  After Wednesday we have to take him every week for a shot to help his recovery and then after one month every month for 4 months.  The more we can do for Jake now the better his prognosis will be.  It will be a quiet summer at our house with few outings but we have all agreed that we want to give Jake the best care possible after his surgery. We have purchased some "no slip" boots for Jake to wear so he does not slip on our hardwood floors.

Because Jake lives with an "only child" he has no choice but to do what he is told so last weekend he helped me organize my closet. You see Jake with Winnie the Pooh ears but his are much more fuzzy! Here are some photos.

Please say a little paw prayer for our friend this Wednesday.  It is going to be really hard to see him down and out but I know that this will make the quality of his life so much better and together with my mom and dad we can all work to make his recover as pain free as possible.

Thank you to all of you who have donated to his surgery. Donations can still be made to Angels if you like. I know that the surgery is about $2,700 and donations are still being accepted. 

Darby in his new harness

Jake with Winnie the Pooh ears on

Jake playing peek-a-boo

Jake and my Stuffies

Jake showing off his new

socks:)