We're Back!

Hello from the other side of finals and December interviews! I apologize for the quiet on the blog, but things were rather hectic over here for reasons completely unrelated to Squee and totally related to my academic career, such as it is. But! Now it is winter break, and definitely time for an update on everyone's favorite three-and-a-half-legged eskie pup!

Squee is doing well and growing like a weed. She's a bit over 6 lbs now and nearly 5 months old. We are charting her weight about once a week so the specialist can determine if she's going to be close enough to her adult size, by January, to undergo the surgery. When her leg is straightened and the joint fused, that limb will stop growing, so we need to make sure the rest of her body is pretty close to done growing, as well.

Squee uses her cart when she is outside, though the cold and snow as kept us all mostly indoors, lately. In the house, she mostly flops about as usual, but keeps to pillows and dog beds, so her arm isn't developing another abscess. Hopefully, we can keep it healthy until January, and then after her surgery, she'll be able to stand on her foot for the first time, ever, and we won't need to worry about abscesses any longer.

Here is a video of Squee playing with Pico, my Chinese Crested. I love watching these two wrestle, because Squee is the fuzziest and Pico is the opposite of fuzzy, so seeing them paired up always makes me smile.