Coming Home

The day of Maya’s surgery was April 21st. We heard from the vet surgeon at the end of the day. The surgery went well and Maya was resting comfortable. They told us she already tried walking! They also sent the leg off to pathology so we could finally know what cancer we were dealing with. We were nervous and excited to pick her up the next day.

Me and my sister went to pick her up the next day in the afternoon. We had to prepare ourselves mentally as it was hard to picture her without a leg. I didn’t want Maya to pick up on any negative feelings that I was experiencing. The vets warned us that she was very out of it and looking sad due to the pain meds. They brought her out to us and it was so good to see her! She was hopping along very slow, looking drugged and trying to figure out her new body. Here she is once we got her to the car. We put her in so that she would lay on the good side.

We bought her a harness to help her walk around. It was much needed and worth it.

She was very exhausted but still willing to give kisses!

She stayed with me during her recovery as my condo doesn’t have stairs and the grass for her to go potty is only 5ft from the door. Getting her from the parking lot to my place was very challenging though. She was trying so hard to hop along. We kept encouraging her and saying good girl, you can do it, come on! But she kept needing to stop and would fall in the grass. We’d let her rest and then help pick her up again. The short walk took everything she had. We finally got her inside and she passed out. She seemed very happy to be home!