Lava Flow
Waiting for his forever home…

Archive for April, 2008

Lava’s on Vacation!

April 28, 2008

Lava is taking a long weekend at “Greyhound Central Resort and Spa” on the beautiful Patuxent River while his foster family has a well-deserved respite and some quality time with their own dogs at Greyhounds in Gettysburg. He was a little anxious for awhile after he arrived on Friday, but he settled down in his [...]

Pictures!

April 28, 2008

Lava and his surgeon, Dr. Morrison:

Lava, on his way home from his first follow-up visit:

Lava and Dr. Mac:

Lava’s new hardware (looks good for a first follow-up!):

April 17, 2008

Lava had a follow-up visit with his surgeon on Tuesday. He did greyt both on the ride up and back. Lava is starting to put a little weight on that front foot. Dr. Morrison was very encouraged by what he saw. He still has an infection and will continue for another 4 weeks on the [...]

April 15, 2008

It has been a busy first week. Lava got home about 5pm Monday and his first night was pretty quiet. Tuesday and Wednesday we had some issues with getting him comfortable but he did sleep pretty well at night. Dr. Mac came over Wed, on her day off, to tend to him and change his [...]

April 8, 2008

On October 13, 2007, in what was to be his last race, Lava Flow (Lava to his friends) slipped in the first turn of the 5th race of the afternoon card at Seabrook Greyhound Park and cleanly broke both bones in his front left leg. He was immediately transferred to the adoption kennel on site [...]