11/23/2004~Goilath had his stitches removed on 11/18. The Dr. says he is making great progress, he' s actually
doing better than most dogs at this stage of recovery! He goes back to Dr. Seuss in 2 weeks for another check
up. We are hoping for full recovery by the beginning of January. After that we will have surgery on
his left leg. Jay and I couldn't be more pleased with the outcome of this surgery. Already Goliath has more energy
and is displaying what I would call borderline hyperness. We finally got batteries for the digital camera so look
for more pictures soon.
12/1/2004~ Wow, what a difference a few days makes! Goliath has a check up on December 9th to monitor his progress.
I am sure it will be good though. We are going to check and see if we can postpone his second surgery for a few weeks.
We are little concerned that Goliath is becoming "depressed" by having to be confined so much. Hopefully it is not a
big deal, but if the Dr. wants to go ahead asap with the second surgery we will definetly do it. I would just hate to
see Goliath any more down than he seems now.
12/9/04~ We haven't seen the vet yet today, but I did want to get an update in. It's very obvious that Goliath
is very tired of being confined so much so we are trying to allow him a little more time out of his crate. However,
that's a bit stressfull because we don't want him hurting his leg. He should be getting x-rays in the next 2 weeks
and that will tell us exactly how well the surgery worked for him. I can already tell though, that he feels so much
better.
12/13/04~ It's a definite, Goliath's second surgery is going to be Jan. 13. We decided it's best not to wait.
And Goliath is in a much happier mood, he does not need to stay in his crate as much. Mainly he just needs to stay in
it when we are not there. We put baby gates up to the kitchen so he will not slip and fall by walking in there.
Sabrina is happier too, she finally has her playmate back.
12/28/04 ~ Sorry it has been so long since we have updated the website. Things have been crazy with the holidays.
Goliath is doing pretty good. We have noticed slight lameness in his left leg now. We were expecting that
though because Dr. Seuss said now that he has a good leg it will become a lot more noticeable which leg is bad. And
we are putting Goliath back on restriction, we were trying to give him some freedoms but we don't want him to hurt his leg
even more before the 13th. On another note he is getting extrememly spoiled now....that will probably come back to haunt
us after he gets his second leg done.
1/14/05~Goliath came home and is doing well today. Dr. Seuss said his first leg healed wonderfully so we are optimistic
for his second leg. He has the same restrictions as the first time. I'm putting up some pictures, I apologize
in all of them he is in his crate but he really didn't feel like coming out. Surgery really takes a lot of a dog!
1/28/05~Goliath had his stitches removed yesterday. Dr. Seuss said he is doing very well! We have another
appointment in two weeks, just another check up. Then 4 weeks he will get xrays done again for the final ok. We
are confident that everything will be fine since his first surgery went so well.
2/28/05 ~ Wow, I hadn't even realized it had been a month since we last updated. Goliath has his final appointment
with Dr. Seuss on 3/9 they will do xrays and verify the surgery was a success. We are optimistic though, the change
in Goliath has been positive. He is more energectic, enjoys playing with his sister and yes has become very spoiled
throughout this whole process. I will do a final update on 3/10/05.
3/14/05~Goliath had his final xrays and everything looks good. He will aways look a little bow legged and he will
limp when his leg is sore, but all in all the surgery was a success. It's a huge improvement from where he was weeks
months ago. We are happy to have the "old" energetic Goliath back!
