Older and TriPawd

Mom had her knee surgery – yay!  This means she will be home A LOT since she has time off work!  My auntie offered to have me come over and stay with them but since the doc told Mom to keep walking, she says I stay home too.  I mean, I like going to my aunt’s, but home is always better.

I like going to work too, but like Mom will enjoy some time off.  I mean, here is Briskly AGAIN wanting to play.  Work is for sleeping, I say.

Do not like.  Do not.  I have been working here for a while and Briskly NEVER gets on my bed.  OK, well, it is Briskly’s bed, except for when I am here and then it is MINE.  All MINE.  She can have it back when I go home, plus she has another bed OR the chair to lie on.  Why is Mom laughing?  Great, now she is taking pictures.

I’ll show her.  I’ll go to sleep and Briskly can have the corner.  Ha!

Hard to believe that Tai’s amp was five months ago.   As we get more sunny days, I’ve noticed her staring out of the picture window in the living room more often.  This isn’t the easiest since she is low to the ground so I think it’s time to have my co-worker make something that she can walk up and down on to sit and look out the window.   When I would be at work, there was an ottoman that she would jump on to look outside – she hasn’t shown any interest in jumping on things since her surgery though, and I just fine with that!  OK, she thinks she can jump in the car (she used to), but that is much too high up so no way, LOL.   It is kind of interesting that she doesn’t attempt to jump on the air mattress in the living room (the couch is currently blocked off)  – we still sleep down here while I wait to hear about knee surgery.

She had PT this week and though Tai wasn’t impressed, the tech was; she said she noticed that Tai is stronger so YAY!  She did 8 minutes on the water treadmill and then her balancing exercises.  They wanted her to walk across a space from one ball to the next and being herself, she jumped the space instead.

Still not cooperating with pictures and a little damp from the treadmill 🙂

Tai here.  Seriously, what is Mom’s issue?  Bum knee, big deal…laundry day or something…I mean, I don’t get it.  She is complaining about this stuff when she knows that the key is to Be Like Me!

The only thing better than driving in the car on a sunny day is actually getting TO the park!

I let her take pictures of me, she should be happy about that.  All I know is we got to walk around.  I wanted to keep going but she said I was getting tired…maybe just a little I was….but I could have gone further!  Yes I could.

Very possible, I am a chronic worrier.

Tai is eating fine and still happy.  My worry is because she seems to get out of breath more quickly the last week or so.  She is not walking quite as far as usual for our daily potty walks, though she is excited to go out.  She is not playing chase the toy for as long either.

Today we went to the park and she did want to go for a longer walk – we were out about 30 min, which is a long time and I knew she was tired.  So since SHE wanted to keep going, I felt better, and there was no shortness of breath.   She did find a lot of admirers, who were impressed (rather than pitying) about her TriPawd status – this is because she has such a good attitude and keeps going!

I wonder if my physical issue (still a bum knee) is reflecting on her somehow?  She went to PT on Thursday and did well, though she’s still not happy to do at-home exercises.

Sorry for the rambling…I don’t want to overdo it with her and have a lot on my mind.  Any suggestions to keep her engaged if she’s not into chasing her toy?  I worry that she is bored.

Don’t mind my dirty face 🙂