Day 5

Today is a double Loop kind of day! We did this twice yesterday and Rex started to move his front arms again and seems to be gaining some strength and can hold himself with assistance with his front half. His wrists are still pretty weak and buckle sometimes but there's a difference that is noticeable!  He also has been lifting his head a little higher.

No change yet with the back legs but we're not expecting ghat for a while.

Changing the position from over his spine to around his shoulders and legs seems to be getting more of a positive result. Not sure why or if it's a fluke or just normal from the cumulative treatments. But if you're trying g the Loop play with positioning. 

 

11pm Update

 Today was one of those days where it was beyond hot and humid outside, so Buster didn't get much outdoor walking time.. He also slept until he was forced to get up around 4pm (if we could all be so lucky...)

Buster had a pretty tough day. I think part of that was sleeping so long on his right side, part was the heat and humidity, and the other part was he had fewer treatments than he's been having because I've been doubling up with Rex and doing 2 at a time over his rear leg and front arm.

I think I can say that after 5 days .. there is definitely a correlation to Buster feeling better, yet.. how much better we can make him feel remains to be seen.  I would ideally love to see days without any pain panting at all.    Just the same - we HAVE gone 6 days without any pain medication which is a plus... I think he may like some tonight though... (He had turmeric and Traumeel tonight so hopefully that helps.. and he sleeps the whole night vs. walking the house until 4am!)

REX ... on the other hand seems to have been having a pretty good day for him.. He's moving his head more, he's holding it up more.. not as high as I'd like, but he lay across his therapy box and drank some water, he lay across my tummy with his feet on the ground and drank water.. He's holding his front half up MUCH better now - still needs support and can't stand on his own at all.  His right back leg seemed to be holding a little weight, but the left one wasn't doing anything.   He's moved his arms a little bit, and pushed himself a little higher a couple of times with his arms... but no major adjustments.  In his sleep he'll run with all 4 limbs... but he's been doing that all along.

He's holding his head up higher to drink - This video is from early today... he is doing even better now.. (I can't video while he's on his box or sitting on me b/c I can't support him.. sorry for not having those videos.. )

Rex also made it into his wheel chair today and was moving his front arms just a little bit..  He had a couple of perfect steps, but most were with his wrists bending under or knuckling..  

Here's Rex with both Loops on blinking...  (very exciting huh?)