RobinM Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Polli is 3 days post x-rays day. She is limping worse now than she was when I brought her in on Friday? why? Most likely due to the fact that she was twisted into a pretzel when they did the x-rays and IF it is a soft issue injury, it would make sence that she is limping after being manipulated the way she was. Her x-rays were evaluated by 2 "GH" vets, the orthopedic specialist and now they are being sent to Cornell Medical Center for another set of eyes. They suspect it's clear... I am not complaining, far from it! Her TBD panel came back clear (As Batmom suspected but with that said, we are back to square one. Someone on Goldengreys said to have her rechecked in 2 weeks, it still may be osteo but not showing up yet. I ran that theory by the vet today who said, not likely. If she is limping this badly, if it were CA, it would be showing up. Something so small that it didnt show up would not cause her to limp this badly. Makes sense. So... we sit and wait. Quote ROBIN ~ Mom to: Beau Think It Aint, Chloe JC Allthewayhome, Teddy ICU Drunk Sailor, Elsie N Fracine , Ollie RG's Travertine, Ponch A's Jupiter~ Yoshi, Zoobie & Belle, the kitties. Waiting at the bridge Angel Polli Bohemian Ocean , Rocky, Blue,Sasha & Zoobie & Bobbi Greyhound Angels Adoption (GAA) The Lexus Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 You must feel sooooooooooooo frustrated ...... If it is soft tissue, best thing is rest, rest, and more rest. Gentle slow leash walks and sitting around being adored and fed bon bons ....... Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinM Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 You must feel sooooooooooooo frustrated ...... If it is soft tissue, best thing is rest, rest, and more rest. Gentle slow leash walks and sitting around being adored and fed bon bons ....... Yes, I am beyond words. I will do WHATEVER it takes to help her and there is nothing I can do. Quote ROBIN ~ Mom to: Beau Think It Aint, Chloe JC Allthewayhome, Teddy ICU Drunk Sailor, Elsie N Fracine , Ollie RG's Travertine, Ponch A's Jupiter~ Yoshi, Zoobie & Belle, the kitties. Waiting at the bridge Angel Polli Bohemian Ocean , Rocky, Blue,Sasha & Zoobie & Bobbi Greyhound Angels Adoption (GAA) The Lexus Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey14me Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 supposing it's soft tissue, are you keeping her from running and playing totally? it's a very frustrating injury and it's so easy for them to exacerbate it by even the smallest bit of exercise. when my angel Bailey had a really bad sprain, she was leashed walked in the backyard only for potty breaks and that was it for 6 weeks...it was really hard to do, but she did eventually get better. shew as also on a muscle relaxer and an anti-imflammatory :grouphug Quote Michelle...forever missing her girls, Holly 5/22/99-9/13/10 and Bailey 8/1/93-7/11/05 Religion is the smile on a dog...Edie Brickell Wag more, bark less :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xan Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 So frustrating to feel so helpless, but hang in there! We'll keep fingers and toes crossed for you!! Quote My Inspirations: Grey Pogo, borzoi Katie, Meep the cat, AND MY BELOVED DH!!!Missing Rowdy, Coco, Brilly, Happy and Wabi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinM Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 (edited) supposing it's soft tissue, are you keeping her from running and playing totally? it's a very frustrating injury and it's so easy for them to exacerbate it by even the smallest bit of exercise. when my angel Bailey had a really bad sprain, she was leashed walked in the backyard only for potty breaks and that was it for 6 weeks...it was really hard to do, but she did eventually get better. shew as also on a muscle relaxer and an anti-imflammatory TOTALLY, no walks, no playing. NODDA. ZILTCH. She moseys around the backyard always supervised. I have her on .50 mg of Deramaxx and tramadol (sp) if necessary. We WILL get there. We WILL get there. We will get there.......... if I say it enough, it will be! When Beau tore his tendon and liagament away from the bone Memorial Day weekend, he was LEASH walk only even in the back yard for 12 weeks. Been there, done that. We are really on top of it. The ONLY difference is that we hired a nanny to be here at the house with the pack so that Beau couldn't jump up on the bed or be accidently pushed over by Teddy (BIG BOY and he can knock anyone over when he gets crazy). We KNOW that she is jumping off of our bed which is 32 inches off the floor but there is NO way to keep her from doing that. I have the cam going and I believe she jumps off and stays off. Edited October 8, 2007 by RobinM Quote ROBIN ~ Mom to: Beau Think It Aint, Chloe JC Allthewayhome, Teddy ICU Drunk Sailor, Elsie N Fracine , Ollie RG's Travertine, Ponch A's Jupiter~ Yoshi, Zoobie & Belle, the kitties. Waiting at the bridge Angel Polli Bohemian Ocean , Rocky, Blue,Sasha & Zoobie & Bobbi Greyhound Angels Adoption (GAA) The Lexus Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burpdog Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Her TBD panel came back clear (As Batmom suspected but with that said, we are back to square one. Does that mean you checked for all the TBDs? I doubt it since e ewingii and some of the others are a PCR and they wouldn't be back yet From Dr. Stack: While sick dogs usually test positive, they might not if: 1. They have a poor immune response (the reason why a very sick dog sometimes tests negative). 2. They carry an Ehrlichia strain other than the standard E. canis the lab tests for. 3. They have a titer <1:100 on the IDEXX test, or 4. There is variation between labs. There is not necessarily a correlation between the severity of the disease and the titer number. Quote Diane & The Senior Gang Burpdog Biscuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greytmonty Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 We met the famous Dr. Couto in Dewey and again were impressed with his depth of knowledge and accessibility. If you need a consult, I am sure he would look at the labs and xrays and give you an opinion. Keep us posted on pretty Polli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinM Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 We met the famous Dr. Couto in Dewey and again were impressed with his depth of knowledge and accessibility. If you need a consult, I am sure he would look at the labs and xrays and give you an opinion. Keep us posted on pretty Polli. Thanks Karen, he's been consulted the entire way through! Quote ROBIN ~ Mom to: Beau Think It Aint, Chloe JC Allthewayhome, Teddy ICU Drunk Sailor, Elsie N Fracine , Ollie RG's Travertine, Ponch A's Jupiter~ Yoshi, Zoobie & Belle, the kitties. Waiting at the bridge Angel Polli Bohemian Ocean , Rocky, Blue,Sasha & Zoobie & Bobbi Greyhound Angels Adoption (GAA) The Lexus Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hollys2hounds Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 All I can add are :grouphug Thinking of you all and sending prayers and hugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tenderhearts Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I was hoping Polli's limp would not be getting worse Continuing prayers for her, and hugs for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest taylorsmom Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 If it is soft tissue injury, a homeopathic remedy called Traumeel can be extremely helpful. It comes in an oral form as well as a topical gel, and if very useful for sports injuries, inflammation, sprains and strains. I guess my inclination always is, if conventional medicine cannot come up with a good answer, alternative medicine almost always can help (I actually go more on the side of starting with the alternatives and then maybe going to conventional, truth be told! So as long as all other major nasties are ruled out (TBDs and CA), I would be doing acupuncture and chiropractic too, along with homeopathic stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinM Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Dr Couto emailed me this morning after I explained all the was going on. He said IF it's a disk prolapse, which can only be determined through a CT, MRI or Mylogram, she would need surgery. My next question to him was how long do we give it to heal on it's own before we go to that next step. She is so much worse now than she was Friday morning before we took her. It's killing me to see her walk the way she is. I dont't what they did when they twisted her as they did, but whatever they did, did a number on her. Teddy is gettting worse too. 2 out of my 4 dogs can't walk. Quote ROBIN ~ Mom to: Beau Think It Aint, Chloe JC Allthewayhome, Teddy ICU Drunk Sailor, Elsie N Fracine , Ollie RG's Travertine, Ponch A's Jupiter~ Yoshi, Zoobie & Belle, the kitties. Waiting at the bridge Angel Polli Bohemian Ocean , Rocky, Blue,Sasha & Zoobie & Bobbi Greyhound Angels Adoption (GAA) The Lexus Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 If it were a soft tissue injury (or a minor disc problem), it could easily take 3 weeks to see much improvement, and 6 or more to heal. Best to keep her from jumping up and down off that bed, sofa, car, etc. and off of any stairs. Does she have some pain meds? If the ones you have aren't working, ask vet to try something different. Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinM Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 (edited) Batmom- Sigh. I am in sucn complete overwhelm right now. She is on .50 mg of deramaxx and we just added tramedol for pain as she had been panting which I Interpreted as her being uncomfortable. It was not hot in the room and she is not active. With that said, she seems to be not in pain but how do we really know. She is not a complainer and she hides it well. The vet was surprised when she was first checked out that she did not react to the manipulation. 3 weeks to see some improvement. That sounds reasonable. Now I just need the planets to line up correctly for this poor girl who has so much to look forward to if she could only heal on her own. The way our home is set up, she has a minimum of 20 steps she does MANY times a day. Every time the other 3 run down for whatever reason, she's right with them. We restrict her as much as we can, but in order to go from our room (top level of house) she has 2 carpeted set of steps to main level to outside, another 5-6 steps, she just has to do steps. The bed, we lift her on and off of when we are home. We can't stop her from doing it when we are not home. Edited October 10, 2007 by RobinM Quote ROBIN ~ Mom to: Beau Think It Aint, Chloe JC Allthewayhome, Teddy ICU Drunk Sailor, Elsie N Fracine , Ollie RG's Travertine, Ponch A's Jupiter~ Yoshi, Zoobie & Belle, the kitties. Waiting at the bridge Angel Polli Bohemian Ocean , Rocky, Blue,Sasha & Zoobie & Bobbi Greyhound Angels Adoption (GAA) The Lexus Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeofNE Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Deer Miss Polli, I am verry sorry yu are having the pain. Would a Georgie smooch make you feel a little bit bettah? Feel bettah soon, George in Noo England Quote Susan, Hamish, Mister Bigglesworth and Nikita Stanislav. Missing Ming, George, and Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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