The first week home with Shadow

Wow today was a week already since Shadow came home!!! He is doing better everyday. He has a lot of visitors this first week. We have learned a lot of things this first week. We pulled together as a family. The first day my brother worked from home keeping shadow company. The other dogs did wonderful relaxing all day. Shadow did amazing hopping outside to go the bathroom. That has been the hardest part is to walk on him a leash we have fence in yard and he not use to going out on leash but he did amazing except for slipping on our hard wood floors so my sister ran out and got rugs and yoga mats to cover the floors. She also stopped and got shadow a hot dog for a treat. We have rugs and Yoga mats from the room to the back door but who cares it makes it so much easier for shadow. He did really good over the weekend. We all took turns checking on him and taking little naps with him. He ate all his meals, drank water ( with a little chicken broth in it) took all his pills with no problem. His cone has started rubbing his neck so my dad stoped at the pet store and got him a zene collar, oh he looks so much better with that on and so much more comfortable.Monday morning came and everyone is goes back to work. My mom, my son Austin (12) and I are home alone with Shadow and the 3 other dogs. My sister Sarah and my neice Hannah (7) came over to visit Shadow this was Hannah first time seeing him. She was so sweet to him and Shadow was so happy to see her. Shadow is feeling and looking better everyday and is up to some of his old tricks. He tried to open my brother door, we could see the door handle moving not really sure how he was doing, it was actually pretty cool seeing that. Tuesday again shadow had another visitor my other neice Peyton  ( 9) came over and spent all day here with her sister Hannah also. My son Austin, Hannah and Peyton sat all day in the room with Shadow and watched tv and kept him company while we did some house cleaning. He came out and sat with them while they ate lunch and begged for food and tried to shake sitting on his back legs, I couldn’t believe it. His surgery area is looking so good, his hair has started to grow back already. Wednesday  today is 1 week since Shadow surgery again the girls were here and so was my sister,  my mom had a couple things to do so they came to help me. Shadow really is enjoying the company and all the extra attention he is getting which he totally deserves after all he has been threw. The other dogs have been amazing, we have kept everyone separated we have took the other dogs into visit. We had to switch from mixing chicken broth into his water to a little ice cream. That is the only thing we have had a difficulty with is getting him to drink water but he likes the ice cream water!! Thursday has been a week already since Shadow came home. I can’t believe how fast the time has gone and how much better Shadow looks in just a weeks time. Personally I am still scared of what the future holds but I was up early to help put Shadow and the rest of the dogs out and layed back down with Shadow. We spent a couple hours the morning just cuddling and petting him. So blessed to be able to that. I still cry and get upset thinking if we did the right thing and than I see those beautiful big brown eyes looking at me and know we did.