Roxy could use some prayers, positive vibes/thoughts. My poor little peanut is not doing well.
For those who don’t know, Roxy was diagnosed with Wobblers in November 2014. After a lot of tears, research, talking to others, etc., we decided against surgery and opted for holistic treatment. She responded so well to that and was doing really well for quite some time.
A couple of weeks ago, we noticed a big difference in her. She was a lot less steady on her feet and moving around very slowly.
We went to the holistic vet on 2/26 and she had osteopathic treatment, laser treatment and they sent us home with new herbs (that she was on before, closer to her original diagnosis) and Rimadyl.
On 3/4 she had osteo and laser.
On 3/7 we went in for just laser.
Today, she had acupuncture, electroacupuncture and B12 injections into her back and her knees. We’re stopping the Rimadyl and starting Prednisone on Monday.
We’ve been using an elevated bowl for her, but at her last two meals, she sat down and wouldn’t stand to eat. We’re going to try raising her bowl a little more to see if that helps any.
The holistic vet called the doctor who did the MRI and diagnosed her with Wobblers. He pulled up her images, reviewed them while they talked and he is the one who recommended pred. He believes the pred has potential to help with the compression coming from the articular facets, and that if we see a significant improvement (in 4-6 weeks) on the pred, that would indicate that she’s a good candidate for surgery to remove the extra bone (? Not sure if I’m remembering that right, it's been an emotional day). However, she also has malformation in the C6-C7 that causes a deviation in her spinal cord. Before, they gave us a 75% chance that surgery would be successful.
The vet also warned me that over the next three days, because of the treatment today, she could get worse before she gets better. I hate this so much. She’s curled up and snoozing right now, but here are a couple of pics from the vet this morning –
Please keep us in your thoughts.
For those who don’t know, Roxy was diagnosed with Wobblers in November 2014. After a lot of tears, research, talking to others, etc., we decided against surgery and opted for holistic treatment. She responded so well to that and was doing really well for quite some time.
A couple of weeks ago, we noticed a big difference in her. She was a lot less steady on her feet and moving around very slowly.
We went to the holistic vet on 2/26 and she had osteopathic treatment, laser treatment and they sent us home with new herbs (that she was on before, closer to her original diagnosis) and Rimadyl.
On 3/4 she had osteo and laser.
On 3/7 we went in for just laser.
Today, she had acupuncture, electroacupuncture and B12 injections into her back and her knees. We’re stopping the Rimadyl and starting Prednisone on Monday.
We’ve been using an elevated bowl for her, but at her last two meals, she sat down and wouldn’t stand to eat. We’re going to try raising her bowl a little more to see if that helps any.
The holistic vet called the doctor who did the MRI and diagnosed her with Wobblers. He pulled up her images, reviewed them while they talked and he is the one who recommended pred. He believes the pred has potential to help with the compression coming from the articular facets, and that if we see a significant improvement (in 4-6 weeks) on the pred, that would indicate that she’s a good candidate for surgery to remove the extra bone (? Not sure if I’m remembering that right, it's been an emotional day). However, she also has malformation in the C6-C7 that causes a deviation in her spinal cord. Before, they gave us a 75% chance that surgery would be successful.
The vet also warned me that over the next three days, because of the treatment today, she could get worse before she gets better. I hate this so much. She’s curled up and snoozing right now, but here are a couple of pics from the vet this morning –
Please keep us in your thoughts.