We believe Zoee tore her ACL (or damaged it at least). She has been at my moms since Christmas (I miss her soo much!). For several weeks she was on very limited activity. NO running, jumping or stairs. Each time I talked to my mom and asked if she was improving the response was "she has her good days and her bad days". Bruce kept saying she's not improving........bring her home.
Last weekend my mom got the idea to start a walking program. We would do water therapy but it is way too cold for that right now. So she started walking her for 15 - 20 minutes twice a day. Very slow walks. Just in a few days my mom said she can see an improvement.
I was confused as to why she thought walking would be better. But she explained that the leg probably already healed up during the two months of practically no activity. And now she just needs to strengthen the muscle back up. She said when she stands her entire leg shakes. That's probably because her muscle is weak. She is already seeing an improvement in that area and she is limping much less too.
I am so lucky to have my mom to do this for me. Her main focus is getting Zoee better so she can come home where she belongs.
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