Lulu 11 y.o. Pom has gone over the Rainbow Bridge to meet Jojo

Love those stim numbers.

Sorry to hear about Buster. I was thinking along the same lines as Jo-Ann. It reminds me of a couple of episodes Phoebe had a few years ago, hers were neck spasms. She would let out the most blood curdling screams and then collapse, I assume with the pain, and pant which I think is a dogs way of getting through pain.

Phoebe was put on an every other day dose of metacam and the in between days a little valium. It really was such a small amount of meds but it did the trick, never had another episode and after about 6 months we stopped the metacam and only did the valium occasionally. I hope the solution is as easy for Buster.

Jen

Jenny and Jo-Ann, is it possible for a vet to determine if Buster had a neck or back spasm by doing an x-ray or other imaging?

Just trying to remember.

The local vet referred us to a specialist and it was his diagnosis. He did bloods and it was only that Phoebe was a little uncomfortable moving her head with his manipulations that he said he thought it was some sort of neck problem causing spasms.

X rays would be no good he believed because it was like a nerve pinch and that would not show up, he ruled out ultrasound too. A special type of MRI at another place was an expensive option and at 16 (I think she was) Phoebe would not be having any more surgery or invasive treatment so we ended up doing the lets try the meds and see what happened.

We were lucky. How is Buster today, any signs of the episode?

Jenny

Thanks for the response, Jen. Buster seems to be a little off today but we've seen no other episodes like Gil witnessed on Sunday. For the last couple of weeks he has been clearing his throat and doing that gacking thing. He had a piece of a rawhide stuck in his esophagus several years ago which required emergency scoping to remove it. The vet told me that it could form scar tissue which could cause problems down the road. As I recall, that was about seven years ago so I would think he would have had a problem by now but what do I know. If he is not 100% by Friday, I'll take him to the IMS on Saturday or Sunday. He's due for a senior panel so I might as well have that done too.

Glynda, I sure hope Buster is alright by Friday, and never has another episode like that! I know it must have scared the bjeebies out of Gil.

Great stim numbers on Jojo and Lulu! That's what having a fantastic mom does for them! :D

(((HUGS)))

Shelba and Suni~~

Hi again,
I didn't take Lady to the vet...at the time I thought it was a small seizure and she seemed fine afterwards....Natalie's description of Chris' back spasm fit exactly what happened to Lady. So when she recovered from the second one there didn't seem to be much point in putting her through the long trip to do any testing. The second one was just a few months before she died. :(

Hi Glynda,

I hope that Buster is soon back to his normal self. It's so hard to know what is going on with them when they can't tell us what's wrong. Sending positive thoughts that everything will be O.K.

Hi Glynda,

Congrats on the perfect stims! Great work! Hoping Buster (and Gil) are doing well, with no more scary seizures.
Love,
Jane, Franklin and Bailey xxx

Time for a short update. Lulu has lost a lot of hair above her nose and the skin is black as coal. She has also lost hair on the back of her head and it's as smooth and as pink as a baby's bottom. She and Jojo are both acting like their cortisol is high so we went in for a stim today and the IMS did a skin scraping on Lulu. I am hoping it's something easy to treat like demodex cuz I don't want her to end up looking like Telly Savales. Will report the results of everything when I get it. Thank goodness for Care Credit. OY!

So sorry to hear this, and will be keeping everything crossed that Lulu's condition is easily treatable.

Sending hugs to both of those sweet pups, Lulu and Jojo.