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Doctor Visit & GIVEAWAY WINNER!!

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Tom was released from going to therapy twice a week but is to continue while at home. He is NOT to Bend, Squat, Twist and No Jumping. But he can do a light jog! Hmmmmm not sure this made sense to me but who am I to question the wise one? This is to continue for another 4 wks then he returns for another evaluation. We did stop off to see our horses yesterday. Curly has a visit to the vets office on Monday to be "Cut". Oh, and the air show is in town. It was neat to see a few of them practicing yesterday in the sky. ********************************************************************************* WINNER WINNER! So sorry ladies for the delay! But the winner is VICKI over at Mom's Scribbles !!!  Congratulations!!! Please contact me VICKI at marye.masterson@gmail.com with your address so I can send it off ASAP!  Thank you for all those who entered please do return in June! Copyright © 2014 M.E. Masterson All Photographs Copyright © 2014 M.E. Maste...

Recovery

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***Warning some graphic photos*** Today marks the second day out of surgery and all is as well to be expected. It took him until last night to get over the anesthesia x2, yes we think he may have woke in the middle of the hour and half surgery. It took 4 hrs in recovery for him to be awake enough to move him to the car in which he slept all the way to the house. He is coherent today and in good spirits. Today is also the day to get cleaned up a bit so that helps too! Thanks everyone for your wonderful prayers and thoughts during this ordeal. We did have some touchy times, such as his blood pressure was through the roof (164/124), waking during surgery and his oxygen levels dropping below the allowance numerous times. We are now on the upside and looking forward to recovery. They fixed every ligament except the LCL which was better than first thought. Doc grafted a new ACL as there was nothing left to repair, he took this graft from his shin. His meniscus was damaged badly and D...