Almost 6 months

We are almost at our 6 month amputee anniversary, and past 6 months since the cancer made its self known. So far Moose is still truckin’ along and I continue to cope.

We are still doing our acupuncture visits every other week and now we’ve added chiropractor to help his back more. We’ve only done one session so far and I’m happy with the results. I could see a difference within a couple of days after being adjusted and he LOVED being worked on. He tolerates the acupuncture, but having the vet work on his back and neck and kneed those muscles, he was in heaven. She also did B12 injections at his acupuncture sites with his adjustment to help his neurological functioning. The vet said we could come back and do a repeat adjustment if he needed it, and after falling down the stairs the other day he’ll go back for one more. She warned me he might be feeling good and not to let him do to much, but I didn’t have a good enough hold on him and he tried to take the stairs too fast…this kind of this has been part of the learning curve in the last 6 months. We seem to be going to cycles of where he feels really good then something small happens and he tweaks his back and we’re set back. Before the chiropractor session it was him trying to pee on a bush on an incline, and he lost his balance and fell. It’s frustrating for me because I’m right there with him and can’t seem to keep it from happening. He shakes it off and it’s forgotten, but man it’s hard on me. But, bottom line, when he had his amputation they told me 4 to 6 months and here we are. So I’ll keep doing what I’m doing and keep him as happy and healthy as I can with this time that I have.

And another picture of him and the puppy soaking up the rays. What you can’t see since his head is on the ground is that when he lifts his head he has dirt and leaf crusted drool hanging from his mouth to the ground. Ahh the joys of Mastiffs.