After improving dramatically during the first 72 hours postop, Daphne seems to have plateaued with mild ataxia. My vet brain knows that it has still only been 8 days since her surgery, that her spinal cord was pretty severely compressed, that neurologic healing is slow, and that she she could have a normal, comfortable, happy life even if she doesn’t improve anymore ever. My pet owner heart is sad that she is ataxic, that she may never get back to her normal/former state of athleticism, and that for the next several weeks we have to keep her separated from our other (young, crazy) dog Petunia. They obviously miss each other.