Svelte Turtle

Our walks are working! Check out the minimal fat rolls that Turtle now has. This picture, by the way, took me a couple of days to get as it's very difficult to get a sitting shot of her not doing the "lazy sit" where she leans to one side. I think she perfected the lazy sit because she wanted to hide her fat rolls.



And, even better, check out the less burrito-like shape she has when standing. See the little up curve on her abdomen? That wasn't there before. It was just just straight across.



The bad news is that she ran out of Rimadyl, which is an anti-inflammatory, so I decided to see how she did without it before refilling. The vet wanted to ween her off of it (eventually) to see if the Rimadyl was just masking the pain displayed when she limps, or if it fixed whatever was behind the pain. She was limping today on our walk. Not nearly as bad as a couple of weeks ago, but I felt bad for the poor girl because she can really handle a lot of pain, so I know when she limps, she's in pain. Anyway, I called D and asked him come pick us up so she didn't have to limp through the rest of the walk. Looks like we'll have to maybe go back into the vet to see what the next step is. The good news is that she showed no adverse impact from the Rimadyl (liver or kidney damage), so at least we know we can use that to manage her pain. The other great thing is that she doesn't limp around the house, even right after she gets up from sleeping. She does still take the stairs very slowly when going down; going up is never a problem.