andyjg13

Thank you all.

I had to let my beautiful baby girl, Chellie, go to the bridge on Saturday. She had osteosarcoma. I put up a memorial for her here: http://icucodeblue.critters.com/

My boy Hotshot has corns on both his front feet and the Thera Paws work wonders. He hates to wear them, but he walks without a limp with them on.

My Chellie had a limp and the vet missed a lesion on the x-rays. The radiologist is the one that spotted her osteo. She has swelling in her shoulder, though. I hope you get some answers soon. Andy

I get this error (503) quite a bit when I access from my work computer. It's a Navy computer on the NMCI network, so that may be why. Usually I just hit refresh and it works most of the time.

A few years ago we adopted out a greyhound named Mamie Van Doren. The adopters found Ms. Van Doren's website online and sent her an email about they grey that they just adopted with her name. Well, it turns out that Ms. Van Doren has a retired racer herself! She has pictures of her hound on the website and even put a picture of Mamie Van Doren up (I won't include the website here because there are also some racy pictures of Ms. Van Doren).

http://halloforoswald.critters.com/

It was time for Ozzy to go to the bridge today. He will be missed Hallo For Oswald "Ozzy" September 24, 2003-May 24, 2011

Still no exact diegnosos, but Auburn doesn't think it's cancer. They won't completely rule it out, though. He has some inflammation on his brain and some swelling. It appears to be idiopathic. He also has high blood pressure, but that may be the prednisone. Poor guy only weighs 52 lbs, down from his normal 70. The resident doctor that was treating Ozzy studied under Dr. Couto at OSU and she said she will be consulting with him on Ozzy.

Ozzy goes to Auburn to see the neurologist tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Heard today that the MRI was sent to Dr. Couto, so hopefully we're hear something before the end of the week. Either way, Ozzy will likely make a trip to Auburn University for treatment options. The two tumor possibilities we heard today were choroid plexus carcinoma or choroid plexus papilloma. Hang in there Ozzy.

It may be Prilosec, I'm not sure. I get those two confused. I will pass on your recommendation for Carafate. Thank you.

And she is well aware of it! They spoiled her at the track long before she came to me.

He ran all his races in Ebro, FL, and retired to southern Alabama. Thank you for the info.

He shows a lot of the symptoms of vestibular syndrome. Some of his symptoms include: --trouble walking with loss of balance to the left side (this gets better after he walks for a little bit) --slight head tilt to the left --loss of appetite --eyes darting from side to side (although, my mom hasn't noticed this for a few days) --head tremors --fatigue (when going for walks he wears out quickly, but that could be the prednisone) I can't think of any more at the moment. Mom has been cooking a lot for him because he's lost interest in regular dog food, but he's starting to turn down cooked meals now. Then he will go outside and eat grass. He's on Pepcid for upset stomach from the prednisone, but that doesn't seem to be helping much. Even through all his symptoms, he's still showing signs of his old self. He still gets up and comes to the door when mom picks of his lead and he still loves going for walks. He will still stand in front of mom and wait for her to scratch his back, which he loves. Last night she told me that he was laying down with his paws straight out in front of him with his head up and his eyes bright and alert, like there was nothing wrong. Here's a picture of Ozzy from this past Christmas. That's my little girl Chellie laying behind him. I don't know what all the tick panel tested for. I just assumed they tested for all tick borne diseases.

My mother's friend began a thread here about Ozzy's condition. She has been wonderful to my mom and has been helping her through this tough time. What we're being told now is that Ozzy has a brain tumor on his cerebellum. The MRI showed a "fuzzy" lesion, but the vet stated that he didn't think it was cancer. He forwarded the films to a colleague of his at a university (either Michigan or Mississippi State, I'm not sure which at this point), and the diagnosis from him was that it is definitely a cancerous brain tumor. My mom has since asked for the MRI to be forwarded to Dr. Couto at OSU, but as far as I know that hasn't been done yet. The last time she spoke to the vet, he told her that Ozzy has already "received the best care in the country". I don't want to get into that right now... To this point Ozzy has had NO seizures, not a single one. He did have some head tremors and that seems to be consistant with lesions/tumors, but even that seems to have stopped. His cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) test has come back negative as well as the tick panel. I guess the reason I'm posting this is to ask if anyone else has had, or heard of anyone who has had, a simliar experience. Any input at all would be greatly appreciated. I would like to have as much data as possible before my mom gets to the point of having to make a tough decision. Ozzy is her first greyhound, I guess you would call him her heart greyhound? I've done so much research the past couple weeks that everything seems to blend together now and I can't sort it out. Thank you all for any help and prayers.

She went in to donate blood today and she was really nervous at first. But the vet and the tech did a very good job of calming her down and all the treats made her forget where she was for a bit. She did really well and I'm proud of her.

My girl Chellie needs a dental real soon. However, I'm worried about having her under anesthesia. Whenever I take her to the vet, my usually freindly and outgoing hound becomes a nervous wreck. She shakes and shys away from the vet techs and the doctors. If she's like this when I'm with her at the vet, I can only imagine how she was react if I had to leave her there alone. Has anyone else had experience with a nervous hound and anesthesia? Would they even be able to put her under if she were that nervous?

I've tried everything for my poor boy Hot, hopefully this will be the one that works.