Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Day of Appointments

Today was a full day, not rushed, but enough to do to keep us busy. Kathleen had a couple appointments today that pretty much took a big chunk out of the middle of the day.


She had a doctor’s appointment this morning at 1045, which went very well. The x-rays looked good and the doctor told her to take the brace off her upper arm. So now she feels very vulnerable. She is very protective of her arm right now, which is understandable.

Then this afternoon at 1300, she had her first physical therapy appointment without her brace. I think that it went pretty well for her. I think that the brace was somewhat limiting in her range of motion. She did not seem as sore afterwards, but we will still need to see what tomorrow brings.

Tomorrow she has her monthly hair appointment so that should make her feel better. Usually the day after her physical therapy appointments are the hardest days for her…I cannot wait!

We took a walk after dinner tonight, something we have not done on a regular basis since she broke her arm, I would like to make it a regular happening for us. We took Reggie with us tonight, the last few days his arthritis has been making it really hard for him to get around. So the walk was not only good for Kathleen and me, but Reggie as well.

Well, I think that is all for tonight.

Bob

2 comments:

Alyssa said...

So Reggie has arthritis? Didn't Caleb have that too? It must be common in dogs. Anyway, I'm glad you guys are getting out there for more walks. I should walk more than I do. Dan encourages me to, but there are so many other things that I would rather do, or need to do. :0)

Bob Roush said...

I am not sure if Caleb had arthritis or not, he was a Sheltie and a much smaller dog. Reggie is also older now than Caleb was when he died.

Arthritis is pretty common in larger breeds of dogs, like retrievers and shepherds. I think the change in the weather affected him