EVE's Stay in IMC

MARCH 2, 1999 (14 days post surgical)

• EVE's made her first move towards coming home! She's been moved to  IMC this morning!
• She ate 3 cans of A/D (the little short ones) and will be offered more if she wants it.
• She's eating 4 times daily, full ration.
• Dr. Weyrauch has given permission to increase her feedings so we can get her weight up to 14 or 14.5 pounds.
• She's much calmer and is making more purposeful movements outside.
• She's still wobbly at times, but considering where she was last week ---
• Dr. Ducote (the neurological resident) and Laura Bay ( a second year student that I've know since her childhood) both stopped by and think Eve is doing great. (They really don't have the "Before" Eve to compare to though!)
• We can visit tomorrow around 5:00 p.m

• She wagged her tail today!
• Eve is walking around outside with much more purpose of movement. Sniffing the ground, like a dog who can't see rather than a dog whose mind isn't working.
• She is also walking in straight lines rather than circles.
• She's spending more time at the front of her IMC cage. There's more going on in IMC and Lyn wonders if she is beginning to hear the commotion. Lyn's line of thought is that if Eve is in a totally silent, dark world, then it wouldn't seem to make a difference to her where she was standing. Can't wait to go in and call her name or see if she can recognize me by smell.
• She hasn't had to be fed through her tube. The tiny tyke is eating on her own!

MARCH 4, 1999 (16 days post surgical)

• Eve's continuing to make progress.
• She ventured out into a "new world" today. She got to visit the community practice area at TAMU's small animal clinic.
• She was definitely aware of her environment.
• She very deliberately moves around the area, and rarely runs into things.
• She moves cautiously, and seems to sense as she is getting close to walls, approaches very slowly, and then veers away.
• Erika thinks she's hearing something, but Lyn is not convinced.
• Blood was drawn to test bromide levels today.
• Eve still struggled when being restrained, but settled immediately when put down, shook so as to get all of what's left of her hair in place, and when about her business.

• Eve had a bath- along with Erika. She never did like a bath, no matter how many she had as a puppy, so why should she be any different now?!
• Lyn had hoped that the level of valium that Eve is on could be decreased, and so she eliminated one of the doses and stretched it out from 8 hrs. to 12. Eve seemed more agitated this morning, and so the decision was made to put her back to every 8 hrs.
• No time to waste. Need to get her "room" all ready. I think I'll assign Mardi as her companion seeing/hearing  Scottie dog!

We know that she's got a long way to go still, and so will continue to update her site when we see significant progress.