Thanks everyone for the encouragement. Tink is doing beautifully. Barb says they are working her soooo hard in therapy that she just poops out in her crate when she gets home. But now she is trying to lift her butt off the floor so she can make her legs go! No luck as of today, but you should see her try - it just makes me sob. I'm so thankful that she is healing. What a loving God I serve to give me such joyous times with my little Tink.
I'm going away for a week for some special pain therapy. Please pray with me that this will work. If it doesn't, we are at an empasse. I'm beginning to be really drained and I just don't have the stamina I need to keep pushing. My knee is in really good shape - I have no problems with it at all (of course it is sore and still healing but nothing that I didn't expect). The pain I'm dealing with is all nerve pain, some from sciatica, some from nerve issues during the surgery, and some is what they call "sympathetic" nerve pain from my other leg. Then I have some additional pain going on at night and when I lie down that they are aware of post-surgery but don't know how to deal with it in patients. It feels like my leg is going to burn up and that it is being stabbed with hugs needles - different from the other pain tho. Fortunately, my doctor said that in people who experience this, it usually goes away in 3-6 months.
OK, enough about me. I'll see you and my precious Tink in about a week. Take care - enjoy your 4th of july! |