Thank you to Alison for this lovely photo of Tristan (iPup) and his niece, Kiri (Sparkler). They look so much alike!
This is Major (father of the Sparklers and the Wildflowers), and Chase (one of the Wildflowers)…
SO cute
As anyone who has been pregnant knows, it is not all rainbows and unicorns. One of the things that happens is relaxin and progesterone, two of the dominant pregnancy hormones, loosen things up — like muscles, ligaments, and joints.
This explains The Incident.
On Christmas Eve, as we were preparing for the annual viewing of It’s a Wonderful Life, Claire went to bound up the stairs and something happened. Maybe she was off balance or tripped or something but suddenly she was crying in pain and not weight bearing on her left rear leg.
It appears to be her knee. I could have called my vet at home — and would have if Claire had continued to be in such acute pain — but I have been to this rodeo before. I figured rest and ice were in order…
And so about every hour I put the bag of frozen blueberries on her knee for 15 - 20 minutes. She is SUCH a good sport about all this.
This morning she is occasionally touching down the toe but no Christmas Miracle arrived to suddenly make her better. Bummer.
I tracked down our veterinarian this morning to update her. Her advice was to stay this course. She agrees that pain medication is not indicated or desired because Claire’s pain is not acute, and given the pregnancy.
On a positive note, Claire’s appetite is better — if I hand feed her.
Daisy thinks pregnancy is easy peasy, and figures Claire is just being a wee bit dramatic.
Have a wonderful and amazing day!