Kora stopped by the vet and weighed 27.4 lbs. Also, the bed sore that had been down to the bone had completely grown over so there was need to have her leg wrapped any longer!
She also got the approval to add dry food back into her diet. We will still be mixing it with canned food and working her back onto all dry.
Also, she is now going up and down the steps without help!
Visiting Dr. Bauer 10/7/14!
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Sunday, October 5, 2014
A Visit From Some VIPs - Foster Care day 10 (10.4.14)
Kora went up the stairs (about 10 steps leading to our back yard) this morning w/ out any help (I was next to her to steady her if needed but she didn't)!I think her motivation is that she figured out that our other foster always leaves a little food in their bowls cause when she got to the top of the stairs she straight lined it to our other foster's food bowl! Wish I could have filmed going up the stairs. It was funny cause it was sideways & backwards cause her hind legs weren't strong enough.
Also, Kora was visited by the Vet Tech who worked on her the first evening she was brought to CACC (Sue Wojcik) as well as the CACC Transfer Team volunteer who helped get her to Players for Pits and set up her foster family (Sarah Lauch) who made her this wonderful blanket for her!
Also, Kora was visited by the Vet Tech who worked on her the first evening she was brought to CACC (Sue Wojcik) as well as the CACC Transfer Team volunteer who helped get her to Players for Pits and set up her foster family (Sarah Lauch) who made her this wonderful blanket for her!
First Check Up - Foster Care Day 6 (10.30.14)
Our little girl went for her checkup and she did great! She received another antibiotic injection and was walking all over the exam room! The staff was so excited to see her, too. She still stumbles a little but shes walking and she gets up each time she falls down.
She has successfully put on 9lbs since she was rescued on Sept 17th. Her next check up is in 6 days and we are hoping that she can put on 5lbs this week - at least that's the goal! She is still stick skinny and needs to be carried often, but shes making huge strides every day. She is also very open to meeting dogs. She is in a foster home with greyhounds who are so curious about her and have even been able to get close to her. She is very curious and looks like she will be very accepting of dogs once she's a little stronger.
Here is a picture of Kora in her new sweater that was donated to her from a facebook follower and her new favorite blankie from Patrick's Pantry!
Kora still has a lot to do to be considered out of the woods. Her sores are healing well and we are being extra cautious about preventing any infections. Her bandage was switched yesterday to a dry bandage finally b/c tissue had started to regenerate at the site where she had bone exposed on her leg.
Here is Kora with a few more of the items donated for her!
She has successfully put on 9lbs since she was rescued on Sept 17th. Her next check up is in 6 days and we are hoping that she can put on 5lbs this week - at least that's the goal! She is still stick skinny and needs to be carried often, but shes making huge strides every day. She is also very open to meeting dogs. She is in a foster home with greyhounds who are so curious about her and have even been able to get close to her. She is very curious and looks like she will be very accepting of dogs once she's a little stronger.
Here is a picture of Kora in her new sweater that was donated to her from a facebook follower and her new favorite blankie from Patrick's Pantry!
Kora still has a lot to do to be considered out of the woods. Her sores are healing well and we are being extra cautious about preventing any infections. Her bandage was switched yesterday to a dry bandage finally b/c tissue had started to regenerate at the site where she had bone exposed on her leg.
Here is Kora with a few more of the items donated for her!
Monday, September 29, 2014
The Improvements Continue! (Foster Care Day 5) 24 lbs!
Today was the first day Kora hadn't peed or pooped in the crate overnight! So I think to myself, lets try something...I carry her out to our yard and she sits down and you could tell she was just in heaven! She ends up sitting there enjoying it for about five minutes then gets up and takes about five steps and squats and pees!!!! I so showered her with good girls and good pees and ear rubs!!! I didn't even think to see if she would poop. We then go inside and she goes right over to the training pads on her own and poops on them!!! She's such a good girl!!!
Tried the outside again in the evening and she peed again!
Also, Kora got weighed today (on the bathroom scale so not sure how accurate) but she weighed 24 lbs which means she gained 2.8 lbs since she's been in foster care!
Who Put A Quarter In You? (Foster Care Day 4)
9/28/14
We woke up to a totally different foster child this morning!
This morning when Kora was taken out of the crate and I laid her down, I turned around to find she had not only sat up on her own but was starting to stand up and walking on her own. And the momentum continued with her staying up and walking or standing for a good hour! And then next we know she is pushing and moving the Ex pen we have separating her from our own pups!
Kora Starting To Walk!
That Tail Just Wont Stop!
We woke up to a totally different foster child this morning!
This morning when Kora was taken out of the crate and I laid her down, I turned around to find she had not only sat up on her own but was starting to stand up and walking on her own. And the momentum continued with her staying up and walking or standing for a good hour! And then next we know she is pushing and moving the Ex pen we have separating her from our own pups!
Kora Starting To Walk!
That Tail Just Wont Stop!
Foster Care Day 2
Some of Kora's changes are starting to be noticeable. The first few days of foster we would either have to help her over to be on her stomach lying with her front paws forward (Kind of like the Egyptian Anubis pose that you see so many statues of with the front legs outstretched forward and the back legs to the side of the body). Otherwise, she would just stay lying on whichever side your put her on.She started to move onto her stomach and hold herself up every now and then by herself and moved into different positions on her own more often. Here again instead of just lying on her side we would find her partially curled up some or facing the opposite direction from what she was facing where we left her or even lying on her stomach head up and looking at you (and of course tail wagging)!
She also seems to have a bit more energetic and doing things like drinking more.
She did try to take a step when placed in the sitting position! She's trying so hard!
Into Foster Care 9/24/14 (21.2 lbs)
9/24/14
After leaving the great care at the Glen Ellyn Animal Hospital by Trudy and Dr. Bauer, Kora moved into foster care.
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| Saying goodbye to Veterinary Technician Trudy. |
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| Kora ready to go to her foster home! |
At this point Kora weighed 21.2 lbs (after gaining 6 lbs at the vet). She still was fairly immobile and not able to move from off her side without help. Still, with help, she could hold her head up for short periods of time.
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