Why is that every time we have to head up to CSU it shows?!?! Today it took us about 2.5 hours to make the journey from Highlands Ranch to Fort Collins. When we got to CSU, Newton was on his best behavior. Of course, he is still quite the rock star and everybody wants to come and meet him. As people approach him, I let them know that he will probably jump up and start barking at them and that he doesn't like it when they look him in the eye. As the nurse was taking down our info for the past month, a gal stopped by to say hi. Newton didn't bark at her at all. In fact, he rolled over exposing his belly for her to rub. He has never done that one in public before. She was quite calm and I think that he could sense that she wasn't nervous around him.

During lunch (I always go to Ruby Tuesdays when I head up to CSU), I got a call from Dr. Perry. Newton's X-Rays came back clear...yippie! His incision still hadn't closed fully and every once in awhile, there would be some discharge. So, I had Dr. Perry reopen Newton's incision and re-stitch it shut. Hopefully this will be the last time we have to deal with any incision complications. All of the surgeons that I have talked to indicated that they have not seen an incision heal the ways that Newton's did. The "Y" portion of his incision was healing inward, but was not closing. We have an appointment with Dr. Roberts on February 9th to have his stitches removed.

Our next checkup will be in 3 months. I'm so proud of my baby boy and I am glad that I pursued the treatment option that I did. I enjoy each day I get to spend with him and he is pretty much back to his old self.