Thanks for all the love!

Max wants Cole to know how much he loves the
cookies! Warren thinks they're delicious, too!

We have been the recipients of so much love and support through these past weeks and I want to make sure you folks know how much we appreciate it.

People have made custom belly bands for Max on short notice, sent care packages from Florida, offered to cover shifts for me at work so I can be available to care for Max, brought us dinner, served as a taxi service for us since our Smart Car doesn't have a back seat, sent us monetary donations to help offset his sky-high medical bills, the many phone calls, emails, texts, Facebook messages and posts letting us know our family is in your thoughts... It means a lot that Max means something to more people than just those of us who live with him. Max is especially excited about the big batch of peanut butter heart shaped dog cookies, but that's not a surprise.

I've gone back to work and that means a lot more to do when I'm at home - hence the lack of updates. Max is doing really well for the most part. He's doing some things we didn't even realize he hadn't been doing for some time. He scratched the underside of his jaw with his back foot and we both realized it's been forever since we've seen him do that. This morning I brought him out to pee and he kicked the snow behind him when he was done, which he hasn't done in several weeks. His tail gets up to about horizontal with the ground on walks sometimes. It's been hanging down for a long time.

Max looking dapper and alert before his morning walk!

Max is smiling more, which makes my heart swell like you wouldn't believe. It's so good to see him with some light in his eyes again.

His incision has minimal redness and very little swelling, which is fantastic. I am concerned with the trembling he's been having, mostly in his back legs, but also throughout his body occasionally. It may be because we tapered him off his steroids a bit too quickly, so we're going to give him a little more time on those and hope the tremors dissipate.

Warren is getting a bit crabby and I think it's because Max is getting SO MUCH attention. We're trying to spend a little time each day just loving up Warren like mad. I took him to get his nails done and we had an adventure, just the two of us. Tomorrow he gets to visit the University of Minnesota vet clinic to see a dermatologist. I'd planned to call to make the appointment for Warren the Monday after Max had his first big seizure - and by then Max was in the ICU and Warren's dermatology appointment was put on hold for a bit.

Max and I love to spoon, and we've been indulging a lot lately.
I love his little feet peeking out from under the blanket in this one.

On a completely different note, I'm looking for something I can do with the pile of books that Max has "reviewed" by snacking on their covers. Any ideas?