Soon Huli felt good enough to look around her space. What was that? Huli saw a kitty. Emma, who Huli knew was very special, was feeding the kitty. Boo, the kitty, appeared to hate Huli and hissed at her. Huli was not afraid, because she was inside and protected in her space. She was, however, interested in the kitty and kept a keen eye on her. In Huli’s space, the gates that kept her from moving around too much so her broken leg had a chance to heal, also kept her from being able to have fun with Boo.
Huli had been in this space for over a week now and was feeling stronger; she could limp around when she was taken outside, but she still did not like being outside. She did like Iggie and being around people. She noticed every night, another friendly face, Ted, came home. Ted would pat and sit with Huli.
Huli had been to the veterinarian four times in the last two weeks. Emma was giving pills to her several times a day and the bad sore on her stomach was improving. She was also going for many rides on a soft bed in the car with Emma. Emma, Ted, and the veterinarian talked about Huli’s broken leg bone. Would it grow together well enough since it wasn’t set right after it was broken and it was not straight? Should the doctor amputate the leg? Everyone knew this leg would be an ongoing, nagging pain for Huli–maybe for the rest of her life–but they also knew that amputation has a lot of challenges also. They decided to wait and see. Huli would have time to get better, grow and try to heal the bone.
