Happy Sunday!

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day.


Thanks to my cousin Ava for the new threads,
playing dress up was fun. This dress really
camouflages my cast, don't you think?

A New Adventure

Hi Everyone! Heidi here.....

I had a new adventure today..I visited Dr. Carol at Grassmere

I had a spot where my cast was rubbing. Dr. Carol fixed me up!

I got padded and taped. Monday I will go back to Dr. Beckman for a check.

Who knew retirement involved so much travel??

Until then...it's crate rest! I'd sure like to know who

invented this crate rest stuff..... until next time...Heidi

STUFFIES!!!!

I learned I like stuffies today!

Company!

I had my first company today....my new Aunt Susie and Uncle Allen. They were very nice and invited me to visit them when I get better! Sorry my foster mom cut your forehead off Aunt Susie.

Heidi is in her foster home

Heidi had a quiet ride home from the vets office (literally down the street) and is checking out the backyard with Lily.

Hey I can see myself in the dishwasher! I AM cute!

Crate rest? What is crate rest???

Stay tuned.....

Heidi comes out of surgery!

YEA! Heidi appears to have done really well. So far, so good. She seems more upbeat and happy than she did on Monday when we dropped her off.

OK, as a point of interest, we generally do not use E Collars with greyhounds. The dogs are really accustomed to wearing a kennel muzzle, and tolerate them well; whereas, the E Collar can be very disconcerting for them. If, however, a hound licks incessantly on bandaging, the use of a stool guard in combination with the muzzle would be necessary.

I am guardedly optimistic. :)

Ann-Marie met me at the Orthopedist's so that she could get the low down on Heidi's recovery care - though Ann-Marie and Jim have cared for more than their fair share of post surgical dogs. Thank you SOOOO MUCH Ann-Marie and Jim for offering to care for this girl!! Please keep us appraised of her progress.

Heidi's Sugery

I took Heidi over to Affiliated Veterinary Specialists today at 1pm. When the tech led me into the exam room, it was just Heidi and myself. I knew she had to have a certain amount of discomfort, so, I picked her up, and put her, in a laying position, on the exam table - I was happy that they already had a fluffy fleece on the table. She was perfect, no squirming or squeeling when I picked her up. What an angel. She and I had several minutes to get to know each other & I am already smitten with this little bundle of pup.

When Dr Beckman walked in, after introducing himself and realizing that he and I had been across the table before (first with my Parents' Flat Coated Retriever with a Radius/Ulna Fracture) then with my own Greyhound for a consultation on a poor hock fix, the very next words out of his mouth were "has this hound been drugged already?" For indeed, Heidi was being my very favorite type of greyhound... VERY calm, cool and collected. ***Perfect***

We had a very thorough conversation about Heidi's problems. He removed the bandage, palpated and flexed the hock then removed himself, and Heidi, for a couple of X-rays. When he came back, we looked those over, and he explained where the problems were.

He took her directly into surgery as I was leaving. The post operative phone call made everything sound pretty good. He was pleased with how things came out, and we can pick her up on Wednesday to begin the next step on her road to retirement.