I can’t believe it’s been nearly 3 weeks since Brinkley’s
surgery. As far as my personal opinion
goes she is doing amazing. We have been
doing some PROM exercises each day, and our 2-3 five minute walks per day are
all going well. The only dilemma is that
we've had some icy weather lately, so instead of going in the back yard for our
walks we walk circles in the house through the living room, dining room and
kitchen. After the 3rd lap Brinkley has
this ‘why are we doing this’ look on her face, but we keep on trucking. I’m hoping at this point we are doing enough
to stop her muscle in that leg from atrophying any more. I don’t think it’s enough exercise to build
much muscle, but keeping what she has is good enough for me right now. Her surgery leg is significantly smaller and
has hardly any definition at this point compared to her good leg.
In the 3rd week we are supposed to start sit to stand
exercises, but with her level of progress I think we are going to start 2 days
early and begin tonight. She seems to be
handling everything I throw at her in stride, so we’ll see how this goes.
Her incision is looking pretty good. Just a few little scabs left and a little pooch at each end where the skin was stretched during surgery.
These exercises are exhausting for such a big girl.
Read about how Brinkley's journey began here:
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