Hi Everybody!! Hope continues to do well and I have been able to take her "lampshade" off when I am at home and she is becoming quite playful! She goes back to the Dr. on Wednesday and if all is well the lampshade will be off permanently. She is very anxious to play with her friends and go outside and run with them. Her long recovery is finally coming to a close and it will be great for her to have the life she so richly deserves.