One week after D.U. received his wheels!

This morning at 6:30 a.m. D.U. faithfully (last week or so) got up and let me know it was time to get up and go out! He never quite has a dry pad but pretty darn close! He also pooped outside too. Anyone that reads this must think soo what! But he has usually pooped on his bed before I can get him up and out the front door with him. So it is a big deal. I made coffee, put it in a travel mug and brought his wheels out to go for a walk around the farm. I was afraid he wouldn't want to get near the wheels this morning because yesterday he wiped out in them! Yes, I couldn't believe it. He was chasing me and I ran out of room to run so I turned sharply and so did he! I freaked out and so did he. Looking back on the situation I should have just pushed him up instead of undoing his cart and sliding him out, but I guess you live and learn. He was shaking, I felt so bad. But he is a trooper he stood very still for me this morning while I put his feet in the harness. We were off and running. He is running pretty good with alternating feet except when he is "hauling it," he uses both legs at the same time. He is back to his old self loving the frisbee. He just can't leap in the air for it although he tries! It is wonderful to see him chasing me and catching up with me! A little scary too, because I see that he wants to be aggressive. He bit my butt one time catching up with me! I screamed and was crying and laughing all at the same time! It was a wonderful feeling to see him running so fast and being his old self for a brief moment! I can't tell the people who have donated the money for his wheels enough how much of blessing the wheels are to D.U. and me and my family. Walking this morning around the farm was not hard! We walked with ease and played along the way. I am hoping that the regular excercise daily will stimulate the nerves and incourage them to repair themselves so that D.U. will be able to be even more independant. His hurdles right now are, being able to poop with control and stand/squat to do it, urine scald on his legs, and his darn itchy head! We see a new vet June 7th and I am super excited! I hope this vet will work with me once he gets a handle on his condition so that if D.U. has a side affect with the FCE I wont have to go into the vet every single time there is a problem. If I was younger I think I would go back to Vet school and make a difference in the lives of people who have animals. In the way of educating people to help their animals so that they don't have to pay an arm and a leg every time the animal has a problem, and not make people feel bad when they want to try to care for the animal at home because of money. I think I would make house calls and call on my patients to see how they are doing. I don't believe I would want to get so big that I wouldn't remember the animals that I treated and my office staff would be aquainted with the patients and their owners as well. These hospitals are out of touch with their patience. I could see if we lived in a city but we live in small royal area. Maybe I am nieve and vets can't make a living on operating in such a way. Or maybe greed has taken hold of them too. If anyone reading this has suggestions about the itchy head let me know. I really think its nerves causing him to be itchy, can't be for sure. He is treated for fleas and his ears are clean.