05-17-2020, 06:52 PM
Butterfly continues to improve each day. She can walk now instead of just shuffling her hind end, and she runs as fast as the other babies but with her hind legs together like a deer. She usually only runs on the right hind leg, but she's dotting the left down more and more often. Her pelvis still looks uneven, but I'm really hoping that as it continues to heal it will even out in time. She wags her tail now, which she couldn't do for the first week. She can't hold her tail upright yet (only straight out), but I think it's partly because her rump is at an unnaturally steep angle. I'm not sure if this steepness will be permanent or not. It seems like it's less steep now than it was, and that the angle occasionally flattens out when she stands or moves a certain way. However, it's rare enough and subtle enough that I can't be sure. I'm terribly impatient for her to heal "yesterday" but I keep reminding myself that it's only been a week and a half since her accident and she's already RUNNING! And today she was also doing some small leaps, climbing rocks, and she even climbed up and down a set of stairs at church this morning. (Yes, I bring her to church since I can't leave her unsupervised at home yet.)