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 dressing.

He has up days and down days but mostly is sleeping through the night. Yesterday was by far his best day. He hopped around the yard and even tried to escape; lucky for me he can only hop so fast. We are spending more time outside during the day with him hoping that will tire him out and he will get better rest. Lava is definitely cheese-motivated; he loves the stuff! Makes things a lot easier when trying to get him out. He doesn’t like going out, even though he has a nice ramp to get him down the porch steps!! But once he is out, he is greyt. Mostly we have to nudge him down the ramp.

His appetite is very good. He has his first follow up with his surgeon on Tuesday. Overall I think he is doing pretty good. Keep him in your thoughts because he still has a ways to go.