one consequence of nik having lp surgery: chances were that she wasn't going to be able to make any of the sounds we were accustomed to hearing from her, so i videotaped her whining, speaking, barking, etc., before we had the surgery done. we haven't videotaped our girls much, so it's the only recording we have of her "speaking". it's a good thing we did it because anything coming out of her now is just a whisper.