1st and 2nd Picture: Bianco sits himself on the flr
3rd Picture: Bianco sitting on the flr close to Tequila
For the videos: I do apologize for the 2nd to 4th video as it was taken in a portrait sequence but shown on a landscape version.
1st Video: Bianco walking on his 2 front paws (finally managed to post a video on Bianco walking on his two front... guess that the video size shouldn't be huge)
2nd to 4th Video: Bianco walking, dragging his hind legs
We have been trying to get Bianco to pee standing on the newspapers in the kitchen every now and then. As he can stand on his two front legs, we just need to lift his hind legs waiting for him to pee. He still need some help to empty his bladder, therefore we would need to express his pee. By getting him to pee on the newspapers, it will help us to reduce the use of pee pads and also hopefully help him to recognize where his usual pee spot is before the accident.
The last few days as he empty his bladder at about 11pm, most of the night, he did not soil his diapers. First thing in the morning when I wake up at 6.15am, I would bring him to the newspapers, pull his diapers off quickly and get him to pee.
Saturday, after his usual morning pee on the newspapers, I placed him down on his mattress and when he heard Tequila's bell from my parent's room, he wanted to walk over to their room. When he reached there, he started whining. We thought that he wanted my mum to carry him (as he always do that)... she did and he shitted on her bed. Luckily his stools were hard, so it did not stain much. However, I think he, whinning at that time, was an indication that he wanted to poo.
Tis morning, the same thing happened. At 7plus in the morning, he was whining quite desperately that I woke up from my sleep. I carried him and rushed him to the kitchen. Unfortunately I didn't notice that his 'little brother' was out from the diapers and as he couldn't control any longer, he started spurting his urine along the route to the kitchen. Because of the little mess he made along the way, a cleaning session has to be done after everything.
Bianco's accupuncture on Saturday was an easy one for him. Unlike his Wednesday session, he was pretty relax and was almost dozing off during his accupuncture. When Dr Oh took out the needles from him, one of them close extracted close to his spinal cord actually started bleeding. He said tat it was bad blood......and sometimes, such things occur when there is an increase flow of blood travelling within. However, there is nothing to worry. The next day, I notice that there was a little bruise in that area. There was no pain as I pressed a little to test it. So I reckon Bianco would be alright.
Dr Oh asked a lot of questions that day; questions like: Is Bianco depressed at home? Is his stool alright? How is his appetite? Was he more active and starting to have more movements? All questions got positive answers..... and Dr Oh is more optimistic this time about Bianco's condition. He even emphasized that Bianco's left hind is stronger and that it is normal for dogs to try to start the use of their third leg when they are ready. He even added that once Bianco can use his left hind, it'll be approx another month before he will start using his right hind.
Am really looking forward for the day to come when Bianco can use the third leg and then following that.. the fourth. Hope that I don't have to wait too long for that to happen... perhaps in about 2 mths time?
Anyway, I guess that you all would agree that there is a great improvement on Bianco's conditions based on the pictures and videos that you have seen.
Last week, on Saturday, during Bianco's first accupuncture session, we saw a dog, about 3 times Bianco's size.... he too had an operation on the spinal cord. It's been a week since and Concordia was telling me just yesterday that that dog wasn't as lucky as Bianco. They have been trying to pinch him on his hind for the whole week and till now, there hasn't been any response.
I do hope that this dog will recover soon and at least get back the use of his 3rd leg. I also hope that this dog's owner wouldn't put him/her down without trying. But I guess letting him/her go through a surgery is a chance given.
As I have said many times... Bianco's recovery or even being alive is a blessing ...and will always be a blessing.....regardless of how his eventual recovery will be......
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