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Elsa’s Story. Chapter 12.
Elsa has been quite tired today. I don’t know if it’s because she has started to eat painkillers. I’ll wait a couple of days to see if she gets more vivid again, or I’ll contact the vet.
Elsa explored the neighbourhood today. We have a beautiful nature reserve 3-400 meters from our house, Rya åsar. We just walked perhaps 20 minutes since I don’t want to cause her more pain. We have to take it slowly, poor sweetheart.
Next walk was in my favorite woods next to Pickesjön. Lots of moss which is soft and nice for Elsa to walk on and good opportunities to train her non-existing muscles. Once again my amazing and wonderful border collie Embla helped out.
In the afternoon we went to my workshop where I do a lot of upholstery. Elsa slept outside all the time.
I was a bit worrid that she would be bitten by mosquitos so I put a blanket on her. As I write this Elsa climbs the sofa again. She has definitely turned into a couch potatoe. ❤
Elsa’s Story. Chapter 11.
Sweetheart! Why do you chose the small bed when you have a much bigger one?
Eddie, hanging out with a neighbour.
Elsa needs pain killer. Well, it’s not her favorite “treats”.
I hope they will reduce her pain.
Embla at my oldest daughter’s apartment. She’s moving out this month and is moving to her boyfriend 2 hours with car from here.
Elsa’s Story. Chapter 10.
Today we went to the vet! The insurance company wanted a declaration of health and Eddie, my border collie male, needed a shot to be transformed from an A-male into an E-mail ;). Since Elsa has shown signs of being an Alfa-female it doesn’t work to have both an Alfa-male and an Alfa-female. And it’s I who am the Alfa-female!
Anyway, at first the vet found a chip number that didn’t correspond to the chip number in Elsa’s paper!
A quick message to Rima who immediately answered. THANKS! It turned out that many street dogs in Turkey are chipped by the community and she’s also got a new chip when He’art of Rescue saved her. After a thorough search following Rima’s instruction we found the correct number. The vet also recommended to give Elsa painkillers since she is in pain. A few hours late she ran up and down the stairs!
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Have you ever heard of Swedish bloodpudding? Or Blackpudding? It’s a typical traditional Swedish dish made of blood and some other ingredients. Disgusting in my opinion since I at school were forced to eat it when I was a kid. (School lunches are free in Sweden). That’s one of the reasons why I’m a vegetarian. BUT, my dogs love it! I slice it with a cheese slicer and dry the slices in the oven, 75 C for two hours. 
Mom’s left over! Yummi!
Elsa’s Story. Chapter 9.
Elsa tries to hide her food. Is it because she in her previous life in Turkey had to watch and protect the food she managed to find? Elsa, you are safe now, you can have as much food as you like.
A longer version:
At the Boot Camp:
Elsa’s Story. Chapter 8.
Update! Believe it or not! Elsa’s waist has increased from 41cm to 48 cm in just a few days! And she just run 20 meters! 👏👏🎉
When I woke up this morning I saw that Elsa had moved from her big bed to Embla’s bed which is much smaller and not so comfortable. Any of my dogs seem to like the big one? Why?😉
Later in the morning a friend came to visit us – or Elsa. She thought Elsa was so sweet. We took a medium long walk in the rain. ☔️
In the afternoon we finally got some sun. Suddenly Elsa disappered, but I found her laying in front of the entrance door on the hard steps. I fetched her fluffy blankets and she looked so thankful when I came with them. She stood up and as soon as I put them under her sha lay down again.She soon got company😍
Elsa’s Story. Chapter 7.
Can you believe it? Today it’s a week since Elsa arrived! I have made a lot of phone calls today and booked water therapy at the nearby Animal Hospital “Blå Stjärnan”. I almost grew up there from the age of 10-14. I spend almost every weekend there and helped cleaning the cages and walking the dogs. Sometimes I was the luckiest and happiest girl in the world when the vets asked me to hold a dog or a cat that needed to be examined by them. I have also called the insurance company for dogs. I got 15% off since I have 3 dogs now. Elsa’s chip has also been registered. On Friday we have an appointment with an other vet to have her examined for the insurance. My brother, who is one of the best osteopaths in the West part of Sweden (at least) is coming over tomorrow to start laser treatment on her back. Later on we will also start to use his vibration plate that will do good to her non-existent muscles. When I tried it I couldn’t walk the next day. My entire body ached with sore muscles.
Elsa’s Story. Chapter 6
http://www.magisto.com/embed/M08eKV9UQWk6A0VnCzE?l=vem&o=w&c=b <— Click here to see the film.
Today is the sixth day we have Elsa with us. She’s amazing. So sweet, so gentle – until food is around. Just like our Eddie, but we will work it out. From day to day we can see small signs of improvement. I don’t think she will be 100 % recovered, but I’m sure she will be so much better. Yesterday I saw her invite our border collie Embla to play, and today she climbed from the trunk of the car all the way to the driver’s seat and she had to pass a net behind the back seats. I got so happy when I saw her sitting in the front seat, just like my Embla always does as soon as I leave the car. ❤
Today Embla, Eddie, Elsa, I and a girl (refugee from Eritrea) that I’m responsible for (I call myself her “paper mom”) walked around a lake. Embla took a short swim with Elsa who was hooked up to Embla’s collar. I’m so amazed how much Embla takes care of Elsa. She act likes she’s a therapy dog to Elsa. I’m so proud of her.
Elsa's Story 