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

[Tina]

My Dearest Sharlene,
I have been following along with your thread for the most part, but today have really been able to get caught up some. I can't tell you how concerned I was reading about your husband! My goodness, he got clobbered! How lucky that he had you to take care of him. I gathered that he is doing better, but I may have missed something recent. Pneumonia can be very hard to kick sometimes. Is he all better now? I was sorry to read that you missed the party, but it really sounded like neither one of you were in any shape to travel.

And poor Molly... I am glad to read that she is a bit better also. Back injuries are so tough, and scary. I have had to chuckle about her antics and grumbling, but she is just going to have to deal with being confined if needed. Her back needs rest to heal. When my Angel Dakota hurt her back acting like a wild dog in the yard, she had to be crated while I was at work. It was horrible, but I had to make sure she couldn't jump. If I remember right, it seems it was about 4-6 weeks of rest. But she healed well, and had no further problems with it. Hopefully that will be the same for Molly.

PS I love the new avatar! So cute.

Big hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

[molly muffin]

Hi Tina, so glad to see you. I am assuming life has been crazy for you lately.

I told work I'd have to work from home as long as Molly is on restriction. They seem to be okay with that, so as long as I am here, I make sure she doesn't jump on anything. We have long body pillows on couches and chairs and window seat and have blocked off all steps so she won't go up even one of them.

When I'm not here, I make sure that my husband is, so one of us will be with her. At night she is shut into our room with no steps. The vet said as long as she doesn't jump up or down, she should heal. Cross fingers it will never happen again.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

[flynnandian]

glad, that you both have found a way to take care of molly 24/7.
it won't be easy though. hope the confinement will do the trick for her back [for ever].

[doxiesrock912]

Molly won't be happy, but she'll get over it. I'm glad that the vet thinks that she will heal from this.

[goldengirl88]

Sharlene:
I have not heard back from Dr. Bruyette but called Dechra back. They are still going by above 1.45 in a treated dog for a pre number, but in a normal dog .5 to 5.5 is good. She said even though Tipper is a treated dog that she is still above the .5 pre that they see in a normal dog if it goes below the .5 that is really cause for concern. Thank God Tipper was a .7 at one time and a .9 now. Blessings
Patti

[molly muffin]

Tomorrow we go for the only laser treatment she'll have this week and the vet said she'll talk to me then about what we're going to do about any further anti-inflammatory meds and how she is doing.
How she is doing is she is the same as she was last week. Her back still hurts, one sign is that although she will continue to wag her tail while you go down her back, her skin ripples when you go over the bad spot, and my vet said this is a sign that it isn't healed yet.
Yes, she remains on restriction of no steps, up or down and no jumping up on anything. I think when this is over she'll never let me pick her up again unless she hurts, she hates it so much now and will often try to escape. When she doesn't try to escape I know her back is hurting her.
I'll update tomorrow after the vet appointment.
This is week 3.

hugs all
Sharlene and Molly muffin

[Woodydog]

As poor Molly have to say Woody hated being lifted after his back injury and did snap at me twice when I tried to lift him. She is on the right track and I hope her treatment helps tomorrow. Your half way there Sharlene hang in there x

[molly muffin]

She is better in that she tried to get me to throw her ball for her yesterday and today. Didn't work, I rolled it instead, but she looked at me like I had forgotten how the game is played or something. hahaha
We Are doing the look out the window together, but it breaks my heart then when she wants to do that during the day and I can't because I'm working. she looks so sad, sitting in front of the window seat, looking at the big pillows that block her way. She turn her head and look over at me like, fix this mess.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

[Budsters Mom]

I know that look Sharlene. It is etched into my brain forever. They don't understand. Molly has no idea how lucky she is to have someone home with her ALL the time. How dare you work when she wants something!! LOL

she looks so sad, sitting in front of the window seat, looking at the big pillows that block her way. She turn her head and look over at me like, fix this mess!

[molly muffin]

I really do not know how I would have handled things if my work, my boss, hadn't been so understanding of the situation and if I were set up to be able to work from home. I am very very lucky and so is molly. LOL

Luckily my husband is getting better, recovering from the pneumonia, but now my partner at work, has torn a ligament in his thumb and needs to have surgery, so that is going to be tricky and mean even more hours depending on if he loses much time off work or not. Nasty ice fall for my partner. We are all hating this winter.

Good thing that Monday is a holiday as I see that we are suppose to get more snow. Can you imagine!! More of this stuff!! Molly can't even go into the backyard to do her thing at this point, because the snow is deeper than she is and she can't maneuver with a bad back and legs.

hugs all
Sharlene and Molly Muffin