Bevd

I'm glad she's home

Great news

Oh don't. He had a small liason with that pillow during his week of incarceration. He's not been near it for months but that shows how 'frustrated' he was at his lack of walkies

I spoke to the vet and we decided that we should increase the Rimadyl back to 100mg and let him have a little bit of off lead exercise every day. If he's kept confined and not allowed to burn off energy, all he does is leap on and off the furniture and strange and dangerous angles and run round the garden at high speed, cornering and swerving So he's actually better off being allowed some safe, normal exercise rather than demented dangerous self entertainment (This is why I tend to adopt seniors) He'll go to see the vet again for further discussions on Thursday when Striker is scheduled to go in for his microchip.

So.....Ned had no off leash exercise for about 9 days (OMG - he nearly drove us nuts ) along with 100mg of Rimadyl a day and he had a check-up at the vets on Friday and she said he could have some off leash now but not very long to begin with and he should go down to 50mg of Rimadyl. So yesterday he had a nice run.....and then last night he was limping terribly all over again My vets have a clinic on a Sunday morning so I'm going to give them a call shortly and see what they want me to do next. I have a horrible feeling that Neds exercise is going to be restricted again...

Oh no Deeeeeeeeep breaths, let them figure it out and then we can go back to celebrating but double the amount

Yayyyyyyyyyyyy - great news about no Evil things Good booooooooyyyyyyyy Lucius

This is why I need to chat with the vet first and find out if there would be treatment options available if it was necessary after having done the films. If she says that no, there would be no treatment options then there's no point in having them done. If she says es, we may well have an option or two then I would feel it worth having them done. Lordy. Who would imagine that I could worry so much over something which is probably just fine and the poor dog just needs her damn teefs cleaning

I'm not laughing *at* you as you know, but with you because I know exactly what you mean

It's making me feel pale, even having this discussion and mentioning Darcy's name within it. Right. I will probably do the films. I'll let you know when it's going to take place. Thanks all

Well yes. And then that makes me wonder whether....if Evil was seen, whether we still have any options left. Or not. ooooo. eeeeek. ooooooo. ack.

Darcy needs to have a dental. I've known for a while that it needed doing but I was waiting for her to be really strong. And I've been putting it off I don't fancy the idea of her being at the vets, having any sort of treatment Anyway. She does need a dental and I'm going to get it booked for within the next week or two. But this leaves me with a bit of a quandry. I know that many of the other osteo survivors have regular chest films done. Darcy has not had films done since her original set on the day of diagnosis/amp. One reason was that we had to be careful with the £'s available for that policy year and make sure there was enough to cover the chemo. The new insurance policy year for Darcy started at the begining of September and she has another £4000 (UK) available for vets fees so money isn't an issue but I've always said that I didn't see the need for chest films if she was acting healthy and happy etc. Now that she has to be sedated (at least) for her dental though, I am debating whether or not to get chest films done at the same time. On one hand, I would LOVE to know that they are clear at this 15 month stage and it would be cause for great celebration. On the other hand....what happens if they come back and they show an Evil Thing? My hope that she can be one of those who lives for a long long time after diagnosis would be shattered and as everyone knows, sometimes all you have is hope. Don't. Know. What. To. Do.

I too am glad that you finally have a diagnosis and am delighted that it's not The Evil Thing. But I can imagine how frustrating it is when the little sod won't eat

Checking in to see how Beau is doing today

It is indeed a miracle FANTASTIC!!

Sorry I've missed this until now Judy. Sending lots of love and good wishes for Jack and for you

There are no guarantees with ANYTHING. If the dog is in good health (other than the current issue) and if the dog can tolerate going to the vets regularly without being overly stressed etc than I'd look upon it as giving the best chance, rather than making the dog endure something dreadful. The vast majority of dogs have no side effects or at most, very mild side effects from chemo and they are usually easily managed with some temporary medication. Best of luck, whatever you decide

You did need to know Robin so even though this is hard, I'm glad it's done and that he's now recovering from his surgery. Fingers, ears, eyes and toes crossed here for good news when the results come in

I don't get it (as I said in the other thread). If a dog is poorly enough to remain at the vets overnight then it needs monitoring IMO. If nobody is there to monitor, I would bring the dog home and monitor it myself and then call the vet out if I was concerned.

I know things are different in different parts of the world and we all have to work with what we've got but seriously, I can;t see the point of a vet practice where a dog ( a ) cannot be held overnight or ( b ) can be held but there's nobody there to regularly monitor the dog. I just don't get it. If a dog is poorly enough to need to be in hospital overnight, I can't imagine the trauma of having to get the dog from one facility and move it to another for the overnight care! It's horrific! What happens the following day? Does the dog just remain at the 'overnight place' or does it have to go backwards and forward for day and night care? And if a dog *can* stay overnight at the vets but there's nobody there to monitor the dog - thats plain ridiculous aswell! Can you imagine a child being hospitalised but they don't have any nursing staff watching the child during those hours?! As you can tell this is one of my bugbears regarding vet services. In the UK, as far as I am aware, the majority of vets can keep dogs overnight - but - the majority do not have someone on the premises to monitor the dog. Crazy. I use a veterinary hospital so it's one step up from a 'normal' vet practice but it's not a specialist or referral practice. Because it has hospital status, it has to have a nurse (at least) on site 24/7 to monitor any in patients. That's why I chose that practice. As it so happens, now that the practice is owned by a new vet, she herself lives on the premises and a nurse is called in overnight if necessary, rather than the other way round so it's even better.

Sending all good thoughts for Beau and his Mummy today

Hope the x rays show nothing at all (other than lovely bones and things) Edit for typo.

Good thoughts being sent from here

I don't think I've done this already, so I need to give you this link which is for tripawd dogs and their humans http://www.tripawds.com/forums/

No ideas about this sort of symptom but sending very best wishes to Monty and his Mummy