Molly, 13 yr, shih tzu - lhasa aspo - Molly has passed

Off course your tired, you,ve been through the mill lately. Why is that life is bobbing along quite nicely then BAM it hits you all at once:(

Maybe the weather has something to do with the postal service, or Molly may have got hold of the phone and cancelled the order, as she doesn,t want to be confined :eek:

Glad that the meds are making Molly feel better, she will speak to you when its all over and your not stopping her being well Molly.

Just to rub it in my cd must have worked last night as I slept a full 9 hours hip hip hooray :p

Poor Molly and poor you! :eek::( Will be keeping sweet Molly in my thoughts and prayers, sending huge hugs, Lori

You and Molly in my prays. Did the cold laser therapy for Apollo also.
Hugs Sonja and Angel apollo

I'm glad that Molly seems to be feeling better, but you need rest too my dear. xxxxx

Sharlene,

Molly's grumbles sound cute. She's arguing with you over the confinement no doubt. Wagging her tail is a good sign though.

I think that we're all ready for winter to end. Daisy usually likes the snow enough to climb the snow mountains. Not so lately, its been too cold.

Please get some rest, Molly has had enough of sick humans I think :)
I've heard nothing but success stories with the cold laser so I'm praying that it helps Molly.

Good for your vet calling out the idiots! The last thing that you need is a mistake.

Sounds like she is feeling better, hope that back is OK. So hard keeping the little mischief makers quiet when they start feeling good. Remember when Flynny started feeling good about 10 days after his surgery and he decided to jump off a bed and pulled something and was a misery for the next 24hrs but then perked back up, so hopefully our Molly is on the improve too! They do not seem to understand the concept of recovery so hope she likes the pen and does not give you too much grief! :D You sound like a good sleep would not go amiss so hope you are getting lots of rest tonight! xx

Sharlene:
It would seem Molly is like Tipper and expresses her displeasure at being held back from doing things! I hope the new crate comes today. Maybe it was from down south and the weather delayed it. When you need something it never shows up on time. Blessings
Patti

Hi Sharlene - how is Miss Molly doing and you and hubs?? Hopefully all has settled down in your household and everyone is on the improve now xxx

Sharlene:
I am hoping the crate is there by today. I sometimes wish I would have used pee pads to train too, but I never wanted the smell or mess in the house so I guess we have a price to pay in the winter for not doing it. How is Molly doing? Blessings
Patti

The pen arrived. Molly is Not impressed. It has two doors on it, and we put her inside with her toy box and sheep skin rug and left the doors open, so she could go in and out. Then we both went back to work, but she Could see both of us from different directions. She moaned and groaned and barked and carried on something fierce, but wouldn't go out the doors. Then it got quiet. After about 45 minutes we went over, one to each door and molly was laying down, flat, tail flat behind her, head flat in front of her between her paws, we both reached in and petted her and she refused to acknowledge either of us. Wouldn't look at us, wouldn't acknowledge we were touching her, nothing. Molly was pissed off. LOL :) :)

She stayed that way until the kids came home, and opened the front door. At which point, she ran out of the pen and to the gate. Pen failure. She won't go back in. We've blocked off the entry to the living room, and the entry to the kitchen, opened the french doors and we've blocked off the window seats and anything she can jump on. That for now is working.

Molly is just like Flynn and Tipper, she doesn't think there is any problem at all with her and wants to run like crazy and jump. She hates going outside because I have to pick her up and carry her down the step. So, she wags her tail to go out (at the gate) but then when I open the gate to the door, she doesn't want to go up. Eventually she will but she puts up a bit of a huff when it comes time to pick her up.

Molly had two disc areas, one in the center and one in the back, lower towards the tail (thank god neither close to her neck) and the one closest to the her tail, no longer seems to bother her. The middle of her back is bothering her, but the medicine and laser seem to be helping. The vet said she is amazed at how molly acts like nothing is wrong at all. We'll see what today brings as she is now on a 3 day break from medicine. We'll evaluate again monday morning at the vets and then on Tuesday she'll probably start back on a 4 day series of medicine again. She has 3 more laser treatments, 2 next week and 1 the week afterwards.

Hopefully she'll be back to herself, but I've ordered a ramp and some stairs to get her to the window seat, and we'll see if she needs those or not. I might be using the pen tonight as I have that dinner and don't want her being too rambunctious.

So, menu for tonight is, chicken chipolte chowder, beef enchiladas, chicken enchilada casserole, chili rellinos, spanish rice, coleslaw, black bean and corn salad and to finish up, churros with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. That should keep everyone happy. Then when everyone is so stuffed they can't move, we'll watch a movie on the couch.

hugs all,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

The stairs were a mass failure with Buddy. He hated them. He had to lift up his legs too high to climb them. I had two sets. I have since donated them. The ramp worked very well. Buddy was reluctant to use it at first, so we had to make a game out of it. Once he realized that it was his ticket to view the world from the cedar chest, he loved it. He used it until his legs became too weak.

Regarding the ramp.... It must be barricaded, so Molly HAS to use it to get to the window seat and back down. There can't be even a small space or she'll try to jump. I was creative and used many things to barricade the ramp. Some old tubs, baby gates, Scrap wood and even a box from a new TV. It worked, but looked like something Dr. Seuss had put together. Good luck!

The crate is funny, I can just see Molly snubbing the both of you!LOL :D Xxxxx

Aw poor Molly, that did make me giggle, dogs just have a way of letting you know their not happy and pulls at your heart strings at the same time. :)

Your dinner sounds lovely, and is making me hungry I hope you and the family have a good night tonight and that little Diva Molly behaves and doesn't run around. ;)

Sharlene, I am so sorry to hear about Molly's back issues. Zoe's eye doctor, her surgeon and two IMS always sent Zoe home with tramadol for pain after her surgeries and her paiful secondary glaucoma because she could not have nsaids. So it may benefit Molly.

I know when Julie's Hannah had the back issues, the cold laser treatments really helped Hannah. I know it will help Molly too.

Thank you for all your support.

Hugs and love

OH YUM!!! I do not know what some of those things are, but I fell in love with Churro's in Disneyland and have not had them since! I love Mexican so what times dinner Sharlene, I'm on my way!! :D xx

WOW Sharlene, that is better than I have eaten in an entire month! I'll meet you at the airport Trish.:D

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Originally Posted by molly muffin

So, menu for tonight is, chicken chipolte chowder, beef enchiladas, chicken enchilada casserole, chili rellinos, spanish rice, coleslaw, black bean and corn salad and to finish up, churros with vanilla ice cream and chocolate

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Sweet!! Will have to be LA Kathy, we can't fly to San Diego!! It is 12 hrs from Auckland to LA, going to be a long day :D Probably be tomorrow Sharlene so hope you have leftovers!!

I think that we should all have dinner at Sharlene's house :)

Oh we missed dinner!:( It was that 12 hour flight waiting for Trish, but so worth it. Trish is a hoot!:D Sorry Sharlene, we can't make it until tomorrow, so you'll have to repeat tonight's dinner. Leftovers are fine with Trish, but I'm not coming all that way for leftovers!:LOL :D

I hope our little diva enjoyed her company this evening and semi behaved herself. xxxxx

Hi all, dinner was good, the chipolte chicken chowder was a hit, but a bit of a production to make. Plenty of left overs, but you'll have to wait till next weekend if you want a full blown meal production. I need some recovery time here! LOL

Molly was good but got tired and took herself off. Then after her last walk, I put her on the couch and she rolled upside down and went to sleep till time to go to bed. Then she still didn't want to get up till 10am this morning. Well we were all sleepy heads today. :)

This is day two now without her medication, so I'm watching to see how she does over all. So far she Is putting weight on her back legs which is a good sign and we'll just have to see if the middle disc stays pain free or not. I'm thinking she might still be feeling that one a bit. Tomorrow morning another laser treatment.

hugs all
Sharlene and molly muffin

Glad to hear dinner went well, so I will book my place at the table for next weeks dinner gives you plenty time to make it and for me to get there, will organise travel arrangements with Trish and Kathy :D

Good to hear Molly did well without the meds, hope her laser treatment continues to help

I'm so glad that Molly is doing well with the laser treatments.

She's walking a bit slower tonight and not anxious to jump, so I think she is probably having some pain.
As my husband said, you can't expect a disc injury to just be healed in a week usually. Give it time. Tomorrow laser and reevaluation on where she is and if she will restart pain meds on Tuesday.

Dinner spot reserved :)

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Good I,ll book the flight :). When Woody done his discs in roughly the same place as Molly (middle to end) he took 6 wks before he was healed although the meds made him feel like he was fine, so your hubs is right. Although if your like me i watched his every move for months afterwards as I was paranoid he,d hurt it again, but he never did :D

Sharlene:
I am so glad the cold laser is helping Molly. It has done a lot for Tipper. I hope she continues to improve. It is a shame more places don't have it so our cush moms would have this available to them. Blessings
Patti

Sharlene, you've always been so wonderful to post in Elliott's thread. I'm so sorry I haven't done a better job following Molly's. I hope she's feeling better. I appreciate a dog with feistiness--always a good sign I think :) When E was being a brat, then I knew all was right with the world :)

Hi Jen. Molly has feistiness in abundance normally. Not so much right now.

I took her in this morning for her laser treatment and the vet was planning to evaluate her to see if she needs the meds tomorrow again or not. Molly of course was trying to run around. Turns out the vet is sick, the vet tech did the therapy, so I wasn't able to talk to the vet.

They called later and said that they spoke with the vet and she said that if molly was doing okay that she didn't have to take the anti inflammatory med this week and she would evaluate her on thursday when she goes in for the next laser treatment.

I thought earlier at the vet that she didn't need them and she doesn't act like her back bothers her at all, but I'm noticing today that her hip and leg seem to be bothering her. It didn't seem to be before the therapy but now she is being a bit tender on her bad leg and the other leg seems to be doing a lot of the support. I actually don't know if this is related to the back so much as it is related to her non existent hip joint.

I did put in to my work today that I would be working from home for as long as Molly needs me to be here, and that might be six weeks or whatever. So that at least is not a worry right now. I don't even want to leave to go get groceries or anything else unless my husband is here to watch her.

Anyway, I've decided that she does need to continue on the anti inflammatory and I want to make sure that it is my vet that does the treatments. I'm actually a bit more depressed about things tonight.

Plus, I know that the back injury has made her cortisol levels go up, as she is drinking more and always wants food. Not things that have ever been active with her. It makes perfect sense though. If you have an injury, the body responds by producing cortisol. *sigh*

hugs all
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

(((((hugs)))))

Gave molly the anti inflammatory med today.
She is not feeling good. Had what could have been a gastro reaction to it (acid reflux?)

How much pepcid ac would you give a 19lb dog? 5mg?

She has been laying around all afternoon, not herself, her back legs are bothering her for sure, but I don't know if it was something they did during laser treatment or if it is because of her back.

She is just Not her molly self. Which you all know what molly is normally like and even the first week after she hurt her back she was better than this. Now she barely wants to move. Not even to come to the kitchen when we are cooking. :(

I'm hoping that this clears up and I might have JUST got a good sign while typing this, she walked over here to me and is wagging her tail giving me the humph, humph, pay attention to me sign. She hasn't done that All day! I'm going to go give her some loving. ;)

hugs all
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Sending positive back-healing thoughts Molly's way.

Pepcid AC didn't help Buddy. I had to switch to SEB. His dosage was 1/2 tab. (10 mg. tab.) up to 2 times per day. He weighed 16 lbs. 5mg. should be fine for Molly. I hope she's better soon. Xxxxx

Sharlene, our IMS wants me to try Pepcid AC 1/4 tab of 10mg for her possible upset stomach and Ginger weighs between 10-11 lbs so how about 1/2 tab?

And once daily.:)

How is Molly doing now Sharlene? Xxxxx

Hey Kathy,

It's weird, from the time that I said she came up to me wagging her tail, she'd been acting like her old self. All day she wouldn't move hardly, wasn't interested in being social. Now she has gone played, begged for fish, went for a short walk and tried to bounce (I wouldn't let her) when we met up with a doggie friend. She went inside her pen and sniffed around, checked it out, sat down, looked it over again and then calmly walked out on her own. I ignored the whole process so as to not make a big deal out of it.
Her back legs still a bit wobbly it looks like, but it's always been her weaker one. I ran my hand down her spine to the tail and when it was hurting her before, she would stop wagging her tail at the bad disc and then she'd wag again when you passed it. Tonight she wagged all the way down to her tail, so that is a good sign and I think the anti inflammatory does help. My main thought is that yesterday wasn't a good day After the vets office and that today she had gastro upset from the meds. That was Addy's main concern about the medication too. She didn't have that at all with the last dose (3 days ago) but this time seems like she is. I have SEB on hand and might go with that instead of the pepcid ac, as I know it works and I've used it with her before. Just wonder how much in advance I'd need to give her some before the meds.

I'll take it whatever is going on. A good couple hours is better than none at all.

Thanks for asking,
hugs
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Glad she is feeling better, they seem to go up and down with the pain stuff but I guess I can relate to that with my shoulder, one wrong move and OUCH.:):)

Sharlene, the other thing I am worried about with NSAID's is increased drinking and peeing becuase it is affecting their kidneys. At least with the Metacam that is a side effect they say to watch for. So with a Cush pup it is hard to know cause and affect with that.

I dont want to scare you, just did not know if that was a side effect of that NSAID.

Zoe is burping like crazy just from this low dose of pred which she gets sandwiched with breakfast.:(:(:(:(:(

Sharlene:
I am glad Molly's disc in her back is not paining her when you touch it. Tipper does that too when I touch her back in that spot she just stops everything and wants to get away. I take her for another treatment on Thursday unless the roads are bad and they may be as we got bombed with snow. Today was sleet, rain, snow and more snow. It is really bad out. I wonder if your laser therapist would also do Molly's legs or is she already doing that? That would also help them, it helped Tipper when she lost her muscle in her rear legs. I bet you have a lot of snow too. Stay safe. Blessings
Patti

HI Sharlene

Fly-by posting here! Sorry to hear Molly still having a few ups and downs, can be slow going with a back injury and so hard to keep them quiet when they start feeling a bit better! Another thought when tummy playing up is Losec, used it with Flynn when his was bad and it seemed to help. Hope when I catch up here in couple of days our Molly is back to her perky self permanently! xxxxxxx

glad to hear that molly is slowly doing better. patience is always difficult in this sort of injuries. it takes so long to heal.
glad that molly is getting used to being in the doggy-pen. less stress!

Molly snow picture alert :)

Molly is screwing with my head. Today, she acts fine, in fact she acts like she has Always been.
No leg issues, no tummy upset, and grumbling and barking at the pillows in the window seat that prevents her from jumping up.
I opted to just make sure I gave the anti inflammatory with plenty of food and see if that worked and it did. No gastric upset today.
I couldn't be more thrilled. Tomorrow we do another laser treatment and I hope the roads will be cleared up some and that she won't come home with her legs bothering her.

hugs all,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

So glad she's feeling better! They all mess with our heads Sharlene. They have to have a little fun. Xxxxx