PUPDATE

So Seumas is doing well in his recovery. The first night we brought him home he was definitely groggy and in pain. He whimpered every now and again - so helpless. It about tore our hearts out. Don and I did our best to comfort him. We wrapped him up in the afghan and nestled him between us on the couch and carried him outside so he could relieve himself every couple of hours. We also kept a close eye on him so that he wouldn't have to wear the cone thing as much as possible. For the first couple days he had some scabs and redness but those are starting to heal now. He doesn't seem to be in any pain anymore but he has been doing a pretty good job of monitoring his own activity level and keeping things low key. He still wants to jump off the couch and the bed though so we really have to watch him. Mostly he has been a little ball of utter sweetness. Of course we have been giving him the royal treatment including a diet of soft canned foods while he is still healing and lots of affection and attention. He is so good when we check him out to see how things are healing. He lays on his side for us and lifts his leg so that we can examine him. It feels pretty good to know he trusts us that much to voluntarily let us get that close to his wound. He still wants to lick a bit so during the day I shut him in the kennel by himself with the cone on and then take it off at night when we can watch him. He makes a pretty darn cute lampshade puppy. He obviously doesn't love to wear it but he deals with it pretty well. I just have to remember to take it off before I let him outside because it get's stuck in the grass and he can only move backwards and not forwards.