Polli started limping pretty badly 3 weeks ago today. The very next day we brought her in for x-rays of her leg which did not reguire anethesia. Nothing showed up, not even arthritis.
We waited 5 days to see if there was any improvment, there was none and the limping was BAD. Reminded me of IGOR of Young Frankenstein.
We took her in the following Friday, 1 week since she started limping and her limping seemed to have gotten a bit better but we took her anyway. She had a series of x-rays of her neck, spine and shoulders and they had to twist and manipulate her to get these pictures. So, these were done under anethesia.
Nothing showed up, but when I got poor Polli back, she was crippled from all the manipulating. They send the results to Cornell for another set of eyes. The report came back clean.
She is now 2 weeks past the 2nd set of pictures. She is limping far less, but she is limping. Vet said let's give it several weeks to see if it clears up on it's own and treat it with rest, deramaxx, tramdol when necessary.
If after the next several weeks, she is STILL limping, we will have to have the MRI done and take it from there.
If it is a disk prolapse, he said it will either need surgery (and I dread that more than you can possibly imagine after seeing how she did with the anethesia for a simple x-ray) OR just rest and anti-imflammatories, depending on it's severity.
Not fair. I feel so badly for her although for the most part, she doesn't know she has a limp! She is loving, very playful and silly.
I just want her to get and feel better so she can finally enjoy the life she truly deserves.