LifeofRubie
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Ugh, 8 has been a rough start.
Dingo woke up Saturday morning with a terrible limp and was clearly in pain. We took her to the vet and they threw some pain meds at us and said come back if it doesn't resolve itself in two weeks to schedule X-Rays. She seemed OK on them until yesterday, Tuesday, and she also had diarrhea all day yesterday and woke us up over night to go out.
Took her back to the vet this morning because she's still clearly in pain, even on the pain meds. Seems to be her right front leg; no obvious signs or trauma, no event we noticed. Did take a stool sample in so they can check for parasites. Unclear if the diarrhea is manifesting because she's really stressed or if it's something else. Otherwise, she's eating and drinking fine, no blood in her stools, no evidence of FM.
She's scheduled for X-rays on Friday (they want to anesthetize her to get a clear picture) and they did send me home with some anti-diarrheal while they test for parasites.
This is the dog who took a chunk our of her face, got into a battle to the death with a skunk, and body slammed and knocked over a 50lb concrete bird bath and showed zero sign of pain in any of those instances. Hopefully the X-Rays can rule out stuff like the "C" word any anything skeletal. Hopefully the anti-diarrheal kicks in shortly to help make her more comfortable.
Steps are still blocked off because Moo had that back thing in November so able to keep her a bit quieter in that aspect. Luckily is cold with 6" of snow/ice so she has no real desire to spend much time being an @sshat outside and is content chillaxin on the couch or one of the dog beds.
Also luckily, our pet insurance doesn't renew until Jan 30th so their deductibles haven't reset, yet. Saturdays visit was $100, today was $150, X-Rays will be anywhere from $523-$790. Either way, trying to take it one step at a time and get this Dingo back to her normal self.
Not happy about two (soon to be three) vet visits in one week.
Not sure why Moo's booty is hanging off the couch and that back foot sticking up was just too much.
Dingo woke up Saturday morning with a terrible limp and was clearly in pain. We took her to the vet and they threw some pain meds at us and said come back if it doesn't resolve itself in two weeks to schedule X-Rays. She seemed OK on them until yesterday, Tuesday, and she also had diarrhea all day yesterday and woke us up over night to go out.
Took her back to the vet this morning because she's still clearly in pain, even on the pain meds. Seems to be her right front leg; no obvious signs or trauma, no event we noticed. Did take a stool sample in so they can check for parasites. Unclear if the diarrhea is manifesting because she's really stressed or if it's something else. Otherwise, she's eating and drinking fine, no blood in her stools, no evidence of FM.
She's scheduled for X-rays on Friday (they want to anesthetize her to get a clear picture) and they did send me home with some anti-diarrheal while they test for parasites.
This is the dog who took a chunk our of her face, got into a battle to the death with a skunk, and body slammed and knocked over a 50lb concrete bird bath and showed zero sign of pain in any of those instances. Hopefully the X-Rays can rule out stuff like the "C" word any anything skeletal. Hopefully the anti-diarrheal kicks in shortly to help make her more comfortable.
Steps are still blocked off because Moo had that back thing in November so able to keep her a bit quieter in that aspect. Luckily is cold with 6" of snow/ice so she has no real desire to spend much time being an @sshat outside and is content chillaxin on the couch or one of the dog beds.
Also luckily, our pet insurance doesn't renew until Jan 30th so their deductibles haven't reset, yet. Saturdays visit was $100, today was $150, X-Rays will be anywhere from $523-$790. Either way, trying to take it one step at a time and get this Dingo back to her normal self.
Not happy about two (soon to be three) vet visits in one week.
Not sure why Moo's booty is hanging off the couch and that back foot sticking up was just too much.
how old is your baby now? Never mind stupid question when it's in the first line!
just kept going after the rabbit.
That sounds like Kaiser’s limp too except his is the left leg. Have they checked for a foot abscess? Kaiser had that one time he was limping. Then the next time he limped it was a soft tissue injury from a glass table corner. Now we think he’s done that again.
anymore so hopefully she's feeling better in that aspect.
