Ruby catching rays with her menangerie
6 days out. Realized I’ve been housebound without even a walk. For someone who walks every day that’s an eternity. With Ruby resting in her crate and Latte working on achieving her 23 hours of required sleep, I laced on the shoes for a quick five mile walk – not really very long for me. Whaaaaa….1/2 mile into it my back was killing me (from the night on the floor with Ruby the first night and the following nights on the couch that’s not really designed for sleeping?) and I felt winded. Is it possible to lose your endurance in less than 6 days? What really hurt was the phantom limb pain…the ache I felt from my missing appendage, Ruby. We walked nearly everyday. I used to say to myself….sheesh, if Ruby wasn’t with me we wouldn’t have to stop every five feet to smell the flowers or attempt to make friends with every jogger passing by. I’d be able to get a little more distance in or go a little faster. As they say, be careful what you wish for… But, it’s not about me…Ruby’s making good progress and seems to be comfortable most of the time. She did spend most of the night standing in her pen for some reason – maybe just not sleepy with her schedule out of whack? One maybe uncomfortable? Either way she’s been dozing all morning, looking forward to her next meal…and the beat goes on.
10 comments so far
1:38 pm - 12-27-2011
Give Ruby some time. You keep walking, soon she will be able to go part of the way with you. It will be a different walk, but she will be with you.
Izzy
2:19 pm - 12-27-2011
Sweet Ruby! Smelling the flowers and making friends!!! Love it.
12:57 am - 12-28-2011
A product is used for phantom limb pain in humans who have amputation. It is an approved medical device in Canada. It is called Farabloc. You can google information about it. I know they are interested in it use for animals.
It is a fabric that blocks background emf radiation that can electrically trigger nerve pain signals to the brain. It is laminated into prosthetics for humans. It is a fine metalic mesh coated in nylon that feels like cloth. It can be used as a wrap.
5:34 am - 12-28-2011
Interesting…
5:20 am - 12-28-2011
I hear ya! Your walks will be shorter with Ruby now…but she’ll be able to walk with you again in time. Now, it’s more of a short jaunt and to stop and smell the roses(alot) with my dog, Maggie.
Tracy, Maggie’s Mom
5:32 am - 12-28-2011
Thanks! Actually I am thankful that I can even sit and smell the roses with Ruby. I guess I’ll just get some faster longer walks in by myself and short ones with Ruby. Now that I think about, she’s probably going to have the pace/endurance of my 12 year old Latte so the three of us will be doing slow, short walks…
10:48 am - 12-29-2011
You’ve described my feelings perfectly. Rio was my exercise buddy. We have a gigantic Heritage Park at the end of our road, with trails and wildlife and woods, and me and my girls have walked/played there nearly everyday for the last nine summers… This summer, we only made it up there a few times and for very short stints… With Rio’s wheels, we are able to go more for more walks and for further distances, but it’s just not the same. Rio loved dashing off through the trees, sniffing every blade of grass, peeing 97 times in a minute and a half.
But you’re right. The beat does go on. Life is different now, but that doesn’t mean its not good. We are all for stopping to smell the roses.
Hugs to Ruby,
Micki and Rio
11:44 am - 12-29-2011
Thanks for the hugs . . . Ruby’s taking all she can get! Just took a walk by myself and found I was the one stopping to pet every dog I passed 🙂
9:38 pm - 1-1-2012
Oh my Mom and dad can sure relate, as I was their running buddy too. But after I lost my leg, it became less about getting a workout in, and more about just enjoying all of those little things we always overlooked on those runs. What a time we had! And you will too, just wait!
8:56 am - 1-2-2012
Thanks – looking forward to lots of 3-legged moments of joy . . .