Guess who had his first physical therapy appointment today? If you guessed Wally, then gold star for you!

First we chatted with Dr. Russell Howe-Smith, the vet in charge, who took some history, did some assessment, and then suited up in a wetsuit. Because the PetPT place is all about water therapy for dogs. Russell put Wally into a life vest, and ( Read more... )

1. The Wally Report: Wally's check-up with the veterinary neurologist went well yesterday. The vet agreed that he seems to be regaining function. Wally starts pet physical therapy tomorrow. The vet led hubby to believe that we might get lucky enough for him to make a pretty rapid recovery. (I'm not holding my breath, but it sure would be nice ( Read more... )

This post is for those of you who have been keeping tabs on Wally's (hopeful) recovery ( Read more... )

It's Sunday afternoon, and I am in our family room, watching the Lord of the Rings marathon on TNT. Even though I own two copies of all three films. Because I stumbled onto it and decided to roll with it, since I'm really here to babysit Wally. (Hubby had dog duty earlier today, when I went out to buy the remaining school supplies need by the kids ( Read more... )

I know, I missed a day. Here. Have two:

Thursday, 9/9Wally's visit to the vet yesterday went well. He saw the veterinary neurologist, Dr. Speciale, who is still ab-fab, in my opinion. He was much impressed with Wally's impressive ability to stand. Although Wally didn't stand up for him for more than 4 minutes, he was able to keep his balance even ( Read more... )

1. Wally continues to improve, and the vet was pleased with his progress. He'll get his own post in a wee bit, since there are so very many of you who have been wonderfully supportive about his recovery and I know some of you are curious how he's progressing ( Read more... )

Yesterday, the longest I got Wally to stand and stay up was about 40 seconds ( Read more... )