Updates all around!

We went to the orthopedist this morning. He took another set of xrays, looked at Ben's arm, and declared the camping trip this weekend off limits (along with all climbing and jumping). The xrays still did not show a fracture but the location, extreme tenderness, and lack of mobility of the radial bone still indicate a fracture so he is continuing to treat it as such. He said that with kids this age sometimes fractures don't show up on xrays... so he put a hard cast on Ben for a week. We go back next Wednesday for another set of xrays and another round of decisions...

Shadow is adjusting well. He is a sweetheart. He loves playing with the kids and cuddling on the couch. He is still a little afraid of adults and everything else on earth - cars, squirrels, leaves, etc. If you lift your hand suddenly he shrinks to the ground in fear. If you make a quick motion towards him he takes off. Yet, somehow, all of these same behaviors in the kids elicit no fear response. He trusts them completely and loves them absolutely. They can do no wrong. At night he curls up between them when we read stories and I have to DRAG him out of their beds. In the morning he collects their discarded socks and pjs into a big pile on Ben's bed.

The hardest thing is that I have to give him antibiotics twice a day -- this involves capturing him and holding him down. Hard to build trust when you have to grab and pin him and then pry his mouth open! He is also not so keen on sleeping in a crate. Housetraining is going well but I am not sure who is being trained. Is he getting better at holding it or am I getting better at taking him out constantly?