Layla

[Lindsey]

Layla is happy and not in pain, so we are glad about that! On Monday, she was put on the underwater treadmill, and started walking on all 4 legs with no help! It was the best day she's had yet! Usually she has her feet placed for her for about 3 minutes before she takes over. This time she started and walked for 7 minutes!

Today while she's at the hospital getting rehab, she will also have a couple of lumps aspirated. Please say an extra little prayer for her today. I hope the lumps are nothing but we want to make sure anyway! The rehab vet actually brought it up and thought it was something we should do.

Before we pick her up today we will stop at Petsmart and buy a little plastic pool for her. She likes being able to walk around on her own and the water gives her that freedom, so the vet thought it would be great to have at home

[paula1961]

I will say an extra prayer for Layla today. I hope the lumps are nothing. Are they going to test them? Did they say what they "think" it could be?
I'm so very happy that Layla is able to walk on her own even if it is for a few minutes. She sure is an inspiration to us all! I hope she enjoys her pool Lynsey! You will have to post pix of her in it.

[Lindsey]

I will for sure! Maybe I can even get some video

They haven't said anything about the lumps, just that they would like to aspirate and test them. I did bring them up to our vet in our town and she said they're probably just cysts that all dogs get. I'm glad the other vet thought we should look at them more closely though. The one on her neck has gotten quite big.

[judy]

I will pray for her. Did you get the results of your tests back yet?

[Janet]

Sorry I haven't post much here Lindsey. I have kept up reading about Layla's progress and continue to keep her in my prayers. I'm just not always sure what to say that could be very comforting. I am thrilled with the news that she started walking on her own on the underwater treadmill...that's great news. Hopefully soon...she'll be back to her normal self....we pray so anyway.

[DianaB]

It sounds like Layla's doing very well. I would think that exercising in the water at home would be very helpful. I hope the cysts end up being nothing to worry about.

[Lindsey]

Judy, I haven't gotten my test result back yet. I guess that means that it was nothing to worry about and my doctor will probably just talk to me about it at my next appointment in September.

Layla is doing so well now. Yesterday she didn't need help walking again. Her vet brought her out for us and told us that she has been just so motivated lately. She took video of her on the treadmill and on the exercise ball... she said Layla is the only dog she's had who has so much movement in her hip flexors on the exercise ball so that's really exciting! So her vet is getting video of that to document it.

I asked if we could see a video of her walking, since we don't see that at home and it's kind of not real to us yet. I know she's doing it every day, but I don't know what it looks like or anything. So she said "Well why don't you just come in for a rehab session with her?" and that's what we're going to do on Tuesday afternoon! I'm so excited to see her moving again!

I just want to share something that I think is so cute. For the past few weeks, when Layla runs out of water in her bowl, she will flip it upside down so we know. If we just glance at her from across the room, we know she needs water if her water bowl is upside-down. It just made me giggle because I was talking with a designer while she was eating her kibble, and when I turned around to check on her before continuing with work, her bowl was upside down and she was sitting there beside it, patiently waiting with a "please, mom?" look in her eyes. I just love her to peices!