Tanks great weekend :)

What a great few days we have had! He has done great for the beginning but the last few days I feel like he has become himself again! He is up more…meeting us at the door if we have to leave for a second… eating all his food from the kitchen ( no more breakfast in bed! , wagging his tail more, searching for the kids in thier rooms.. licking his stuffed toys the way he has always done… little things that make him our dog 🙂 He has gone on a couple of short car rides which he LOVES. He has always liked to go “cruising” but we were worried about his balance and how well he would do because he just almost refuses to ever sit down in the car. Stands up with his head out as long as we will let him. He is starting to go to the front door again when he hears car keys in hopes that he might be going somewhere. It really amazes me that he has done so well through all of this!!! I NEVER would have imagined this would go the way it did. He is really my hero and I couldn’t love him anymore!!!!
We also let him go upstairs on Friday night!!!! I had slept on the floor for 9 days and enough was enough 🙂 He went up like a champ and then was very cautious coming down the next morning but did great. I figure going up/down once a day will be ok. We will probably keep the stairs gated for months if not forever just to keep the dogs from playing on the stairs like they have done in the past. Just to be safe!!! My husband and I are both teachers so we are winding down on being able to be home all day with the dogs and we will have to make sure things are safe for his new body!!
We go tomorrow to take out his stitches and to meet with the oncologist about his chemo. I am not sure when we will actually start that process but after watching Tank sail through the amputation I feel a lot better about subjecting him to Chemo. He is obviously a fighter and in my mind certainly strong enough to do this. I will let you guys know what they say!
Finally… a picture 🙂 I threw one of my sons tshirs on him once he got his bandages off because I can’t stand seeing him in the cone of shame. He has been wearing it a couple of days now and doesn’t mind it at all. Yesterday I let him go out front to use the bathroom and snapped this shot. Look how happy he looks!!! My huband is a coach and sent this to our new Varsity coach and the coach put it on his twitter. Tank is like a celebrity today! GO TANK!!!!