Two Week Update on GiGi From Her Foster Mom!

It's been two weeks since GiGi's eye surgery and she continues to improve every day. She is much more full of life than I've ever seen her. It's amazing how much younger she's been acting since the surgery. She practically runs down the stairs in the morning (wanting to be the first one in the kitchen for breakfast). She's really quite a character, and likes to have conversations with me. Since she can see again, she's so excited in the mornings to get to eating breakfast that she gives me what for when I don't move fast enough, and does this little dance around the kitchen. She can be very vocal in her demands, but it's quite endearing. When she goes up to bed in the evening without "the cone" on, she actually bounds up the stairs like she's wearing a pair of wings. She beats her Cairn buddy every time, and he's at least four years her junior.

The doc said she would most likely have some blurriness with her up close vision and it does show at times. She can't really tell where the last step is on the landing, but nothing stops this determined little girl. We haven't been walking much since the doc said to wait a few weeks before exercising again. It'll be nice to walk her now, and not have to worry about her falling off curbs, or tripping over newspapers, or having to use the handicap ramps (but they were a blessing when we needed them).

When she's ready for a nap she likes to snuggle on the quilt that some of the Col. Potter volunteers make for all the foster Cairns. She has her favorite chair with her quilt on it. Now that she can see, instead of going upstairs to her bed and feeling depressed, she jumps up on her "throne" and watches over all the activity in the house. It truly is heartwarming to see her so full of life again. Thanks to everyone for making this happen for her.