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Pete my doggie is almost totally lame in his left back leg. However, he doesn't seem to be in pain and gets around really well and is even able to hop up on the sofa or the bed.. anyway, he is on the way to his neurologist as we speak. I want more blood work and another xray... What the hell is going on with this dog?
 
QuickSilver said:
Pete my doggie is almost totally lame in his left back leg. However, he doesn't seem to be in pain and gets around really well and is even able to hop up on the sofa or the bed.. anyway, he is on the way to his neurologist as we speak. I want more blood work and another xray... What the hell is going on with this dog?
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Well, he's not in pain and that's the most important thing. Hope the doc can figure out what's wrong and what to do.
 
Ameriscot said:
Well, he's not in pain and that's the most important thing. Hope the doc can figure out what's wrong and what to do.
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For now.. we just got him over an excruciating flare of whatever it is by increasing his Steroid dosage and adding gabapentin. We have been dealing with this for 6 months now.. and have spent over $4,000 on and MRI.. and CT scan, a Lumbar puncture... and nothing definitive showed up.. crazy.
 
QuickSilver said:
For now.. we just got him over an excruciating flare of whatever it is by increasing his Steroid dosage and adding gabapentin. We have been dealing with this for 6 months now.. and have spent over $4,000 on and MRI.. and CT scan, a Lumbar puncture... and nothing definitive showed up.. crazy.
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Yikes! You'd think all that would show something!
 
Well... at first they thought is was Polyarthritis.. Then he had a relapse that was almost instantly cured with increasing his steroids. NOW it's either Immune mediated Poly neuropathy or a Nerve sheath tumor.. which is cancer.. Nothing showed up then, but perhaps now that his is almost totally lame in that leg perhaps it will. I just want to know so I know what to do.. Keep treating him.. only for him to end up in intractable pain and die of cancer... or perhaps they can remove it.. OR should we expect his prognosis to be How LONG? and when do we make the decision to put him down..? OR we could start him on Chemo... which I don't want to do. I did that to one dog and the chemo almost killed her before her disease did... What a thing....
 
QuickSilver said:
Well... at first they thought is was Polyarthritis.. Then he had a relapse that was almost instantly cured with increasing his steroids. NOW it's either Immune mediated Poly neuropathy or a Nerve sheath tumor.. which is cancer.. Nothing showed up then, but perhaps now that his is almost totally lame in that leg perhaps it will. I just want to know so I know what to do.. Keep treating him.. only for him to end up in intractable pain and die of cancer... or perhaps they can remove it.. OR should we expect his prognosis to be How LONG? and when do we make the decision to put him down..? OR we could start him on Chemo... which I don't want to do. I did that to one dog and the chemo almost killed her before her disease did... What a thing....
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Tough decisions. I'd avoid chemo I think.
 
Well.... vet visit over... and WHOOOOOOOOSH off we go in another direction. NOW Pete has a torn ACL and is being started on some other med.. because the surgery would be $3000.... Peter.... heal thyself.. geez...
 
Morning all..it's 5.55am, I've been up for almost an hour, and I'm just getting ready for my first day back to work after almost 3 weeks off...I;ve never been off sick before, so 3 weeks seems like a long time to have been away. Don't know how my back is going to hold up so I may have to come home early, but hopefully not and things will be ok.. Can't say I'm enamoured about having to get up in the pitch dark again.....however I'll be happy to see everyone again even if they do bring me stress 50 % of the time ,:D the Cabin fever has been excruciating , .. :eek::gettowork:
 
Holly, hope all goes well on your first day back and your back holds out.

I'm still stuffy and not feeling energetic so no gym. We're invited to a BBQ tonight at our friends down the road. Close enough to walk so I'll have wine and DH beer. Need to keep calories in mind.
 
Well let's see. Off to BJs to get gas. Then up the street to pick up prescriptions, then across the street to get groceries at Aldis. Then back down the same street to get lottery tickets and then home. At least today, everything we need to do is right on Palm Bay Road.
 
I don't HAVE to go anywhere today. Yippee! A beautiful spring day off. Well, beautiful except for the !#%^&*! pollen. Maybe I'll run my car through the car wash. Right now it looks yellow.

It might happen that my daughter and I will have lunch together. We were going to meet a former neighbor for lunch, but she had to reschedule until next week. It might also happen that g'daughter AND g'son will come along. She's going to be 15 on Sunday. He's going to be 17 in July, so if they come along, we'll have to be careful to go somewhere that they probably won't be seen by anybody they know...they are loath to take a chance on being seen in public with old folks and/or parental units:)



ETA: by now Hollydolly is halfway through her first day back at work. I hope we're all thinking good and positive thoughts for her!
 

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