Day 4: The Harness is here!
Day 4 was a bit more of the same as days 2 and 3 with the exception that we got Ziggy’s Help ‘Em Up harness. Wow – this harness is awesome! It was easy to fit and put on. having the harness is a boost in confidence for us and Ziggy. It’s a lot easier for us to lift him with control and not worry about hurting him. As for Ziggy, I think by feeling our support it motivates him to walk more. Again one of our biggest challenges was holding him back, he just wants to run with this thing on!
The rest of the day was pretty uneventful and we decided it was time for Ziggy to sleep in the room with us again.
Day 5: Well…maybe that was too soon…we need more sleep!
Day five started early – like 2 a.m. early! We woke up to Ziggy’s cone hitting our dresser. He wouldn’t lay down, or sit and at one point he even whimpered. After 20 minutes we called it quits and decided maybe we should go downstairs to sleep with him. My mom slept the first two nights with him in the basement and he was happy (although apparently he was running around all night too…). He finally fell asleep at around 3 and woke up one more time after that. We found an old foam “egg crate” used as a mattress top and laid it out for him – he was out cold.
In the morning I noticed he was shaking a little bit so I called the vet and we decided to give him his Tylenol 3 times a day vice 2. Hopefully, tonight he will sleep a lot better and we won’t feel like we have a newborn waking up in the middle of the night.
Today was the first day back at work, luckily my mom is here and was able to stay with Ziggy while we were gone. In the evening we went for a quick little walk to the corner. Nothing too stressful but it took a bit longer than anticipated because atone point Ziggy just refused to move. John was able to lift him back easily. You could tell he was exhausted by the time he made it back. He’s been napping since then :-)…. we’ll see how tonight goes!
