Just a short one today. Heather Too is still favoring her infected foot, i.e. doing three-legged dog impersonations. The difference is now she's a perky, bouncy three-legged dog, not slow or hesitant, not reluctant to jump up on furniture, no delay before hopping in the car while Steve and I head out for a night view of various holiday lights displays. The bacon fat smeared on her pills, with my fingers "wiped off" through the dry kibble in her bowl, keep her from fighting getting her medications.
Squatting in the yard still takes her maneuvering longer into various positions before choosing the right one, but she runs to and from the chosen location of the moment. For a bonus, she's not (caught at at least) licking that foot despite not wearing her cone. Since there's no topical medication, I'm not worried if she's licking it while we're not watching.
Oh, and Steve's willingness to ride around in the car for no "important" reason, such as a doctor's appointment, marks a great change in his back pain, for the better. His TENS unit is having a beneficial effect. The knee pain is reducing more slowly, but he's using it less there. We're both hopeful that increased usage will have increased benefit, but he's being thrifty with it right now until we get rechargeable batteries and a charger for them. We've been avoiding overcrowded stores at the moment, with Omicron booming and this being Arizona with it's abundance of covidiots. The mail and other delivery services are getting slower and slower as well. Soon though.
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