Healing Progress
Just look at the miraculous healing! And a much happier, healthier Milo!"Way to go Mary & Milo!"
As you can see, Milo's Paw De-Gloving (they call it) is healing very well! Thanks to Mary Tahlequah who uses her former EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) training with Milo's care and bandaging.
Milo's appetite is getting much better! :)
Look how sweet & cooperative Milo is for his bandaging!It's like he really knows Mary is helping him! :)
Healing Update - 3/10/08Milo's wounds are healing nicely, although we still have aways to go before he is cleared for surgery.
Healing Update - 4/16/08CHECK IT OUT! Milo's wounds are almost totally healed. We're still working on the elbows, but being on the elbow, they keep cracking!
4/23/08 UpdateMilo's elbow - getting worse again. It actually looks worse than this photo, but we've put him on antibiotics again. Hopefully, it'll get better soon!
I want to give a heart felt thanks to everyone on behalf of Milo and myself. Milo has another Dr. apt. on 3/11 with Dr.Tam :) more pre-surgery stuff, checking health. He is so sweet and cute, I can't imagine just now learning to play and trust, he's so full of life and love to give. March 18th he starts some modified basic obedience with Trudy Kiefer at DSA Dogsports. I continue to work with passive range of motion and massage with him, I told him that I wasn't goingto continue to carry him around forever... He already knows how to work me:) But he knows I love it. I'm looking forward to see what he does for all of us.... we can all learn from his unfortunate tragedy. We all could be more loving and responsible pet owners. And later he would like to be able to help other underdogs and others disabled. Animal control came out today for my hobby kennel renewal and thought he was so wonderful, but said he was going to be a special needs dog for the rest of his life. so she thought he was in the best place. More later... and soon more pics coming... :)Lots of love Mary & milo
3/23/08 UpdateMilo visted Dr. Fry last Friday. I thought I was in trouble because he wanted to "talk" to me... I've been doing alot of Milo's rehab (stretching of feet and legs, exercise, etc.) myself because of my background. I thought that the Dr. was going to be mad because I was doing it myself, but what he said to me was "whatever you're doing for and with this dog, KEEP IT UP!" He also said he might even send his patients to me for rehab! He never thought MIlo would look as good as he does right now. He said he will still need the surgery and wants to wait until late June or early July because at that point Milo should be close to full size and the surgery won't be as stressful on him. He also said that at the rate Milo is improving, he may not have to do as extensive of a surgery as we initially thought. His recovery will be much better and so will his quality of life. WOO HOO! Also, KOMO 4 emailed to check on Milo's progress. I gave them this new website address for them to update. They may be interested in a followup story at some point. Stay tuned - and please continue spreading the wordas we still need donations
