A little update:

She's holding her own, and making a little progress - in baby steps of course. Her appetite continues to be great, she is socializing more, and not quite so wobbly. She walks more outside - even does her little half run/bunny hop that she does in the grass. We only go out for a few minutes and in a shady spot - it's HOT!!! - in the mid to upper 90"s - humid - and the heat index well over 100. Not fit for man nor beast to be out in that! And yesterday she barked again for the first time in over a week. Never thought that would be music to my ears, since normally she never shuts up, but I had gone out to run a few errands, and when I got back home, I got the barking greeting when I came in the house, and her excited following me around routine.

Med time has become a fierce battle tho - gets worse with each dose. They are all liquids, and one should ideally be given on an empty stomach, so I've been doing all 3 at the same time. Last night it took me, my son (who is by no means a little guy), and DIL to get them in her (or on her ), and 2 people came away with bites on their fingers (but not me ). It's just not worth potentially hurting her to medicate her that way, so this a.m. I just put them in with her breakfast. She was fighting us like a wild bear last night, and I've never seen the jaw strength that she has, even in bigger dogs. My concern was that she would smell the meds and then wouldn't eat her food with them added, but no problem, she wolfed it down. Not much sense in continuing that battle and possibly hurting her and most definitely stressing her out, so we'll just adjust our strategy.

So that's where we stand right now. Her next blood test on 7/2 will give us a better picture of what's going on - those #'s just have to come up!!! But for now, I'm just happy to see her getting a little strength and interest back. I pray that it's not just the calm before the storm!

She still needs all the prayers that she can get, so please remember her in yours. I give thanks every day for all that all of you have sent up for her.

I'll try to post some new pics later. You'll see that she still smiles!