BauersMom

It's very possible. The SNAP 3dx is only Lyme and Ehrlichia canis - there are a lot of other TBDs out there, for sure. The positive reaction with the doxy is certainly indicative of something, I'd say!

Oooh congrats!!!

Maggie gets to come home today.

Heck yeah!! Such a sigh of relief!

MRI was done, should know something soon.

No update this morning. Dawn said she'd call as soon as they knew anything. I have a feeling she's in having the MRI. We may know more after that. I'll keep you posted. My cell is on my at all times!!

Update! No surgery for right now and she's being admitted to the ICU. They've given her pain meds and will keep her quiet overnight and will likely do an MRI in the morning. She's already showing some improvement though! She tried to get up on her own. Her feet are knuckling under, but huge improvements from when they first brought her in as far as movement, etc. A very promising sign!

They're at the specialist, no word on anything yet. They're in for a long night.

Here's a picture of Maggie from back when she was first adopted:

I think they said Animal Medical Clinic? Dawn was petsitting the other dog because his owner had to go in for surgery for colon cancer. So the whole story is just so upsetting for everyone involved. I need to figure out who else can watch the other grey because there's no way Dawn's in any shape to take on the extra responsibility.

I just got a call from one of our volunteers. She let the dogs out and two of them collided in the yard. Maggie went down and was instantly paralyzed. They're headed to a specialist in Manhattan at the request of the e-vet, and we don't know anything at this point. Maggie is the sweetest little black houndie, and my heart is just breaking. If you can send any good thoughts to Dawn and Maggie, it would be greatly appreciated.

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TBDs can frequently cause a fever. I wouldn't rule out doxy being the antibiotic to solve both the fever and the odd symptoms.

Honestly, if nothing comes from today's x-rays, I would go ahead and put him on doxy (assuming that pred + doxy is OK). Hugs.

Great!!

Is he doing better with it now?

I'm so sorry. Lewis was half-brother to my Berkeley (VS Carbine). Berk sends his love, too.

Man, when the vet called and said that she was losing "at least 12" teeth, I totally wasn't expecting it. The poor girl. Vet also said that the outermost toe was clearly dislocated 90 degrees by the x-rays. And basically fused in that position for whoknowshowlong. The other toe doesn't appear to cause her any pain, so it was left as is. She's staying overnight because she was under for quite a bit today. She's going to feel SO much better in a few weeks!

It'll get wet, especially in the spring. Uhh, what a PITA! Have your vet show you how to do the wraps at home. It's easy once you see it. The supplies are cheap - I get mine from KVvet - all you need is soft gauze wrap and vet wrap (and the scissors with the blunt ends are handy too). I used IV bags, but honestly, they didn't really work well for walking, etc. I ended up using grocery bags, doubled up to prevent any leaks, tied around the leg. The softer plastic seemed a little easier on the gait. I have also tried saran wrap, but I don't recommend it (you get creative when faced with months worth of a wrapped foot ).

Here's a picture of her splinted hard wrap (one of the many, many, many wraps.... ) And different toe, now with a soft wrap:

The soft wrap is basically a wrap with no hard splint. We started with a hard splint and Ivy got a wicked sore from it, so we had to switch over. You still have to keep it dry, and all that. When my other dog broke his toe, we had to stay with the splint because he couldn't put any weight on the toe at all or the bone chip might cause problems. But for a dislocated toe, I think as long as the toe gets support, you don't really need a hard splint. But it does need to be wrapped, especially if it keeps popping out!

Here's my horror story with toes: http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=170595&hl= Yes, splinting worked (with a soft splint), and after that Ivy was leashed walked only for several months. If you don't give the ligaments time to heal, it will keep popping out. We also supplemented with Ligaplex II. And we've been dislocated toe-free for a year now! If we amputated in her case, she would be down 3 toes. Not exactly a good situation, but of course, I think Ivy's case is an extreme one.

Godspeed sweet Polli.

I'm so sorry.

Well, Sweetie was brought to the vet - boy, the look on the vet's face when he looked at her foot was priceless. It was kinda like this ----> So in reading through her medical history, it's clear there was a traumatic event at some point. The records focus on the nail - the nail falling off, the nail bleeding, etc, with NO mention of the fact that her outer most toe is totally disfigured. Here are some updated pictures from today: This one shows the lack of proper padding... she's walking more on the bone than the pad. He manipulated her foot and while the 3rd digit is clearly not right, it's only the 4th outer one that is apparently causing her pain (she screamed when he touched that one ) She has to go in for a dental next week, so he's going to take x-rays and see what's going on. But it pretty much looks like she's losing that outside toe... and hopefully there's nothing else going on with her foot. Pretty much everyone fell in love with her at the vet. She's sooo sweet!! (for more pics, see here)