NewEnglandLady
Ideal_Rock
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Hello, all,
I'm not one to ask for PS dust, but I guess there is a first time for everything.
Most of you know how I feel about my dogs. Particularly how I feel about Byron, who is my canine soul mate. I love Byron more than words can describe. I waited patiently for two years for his arrival and the first time I held him (over six years ago!) I cried like a baby. He's been by my side through thick and thin and is truly a best friend to me. As Lord Byron said about his own newfoundland, Boatswain, he possesses beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity and all the virtues of man without his vices.
Byron became very, very ill last week. It started early last week with a slight bit of stiffness. I made an appointment with our vet to have a blood panel done just in case Byron had Lymes or another tick-borne illness. He didn't have a fever, but the stiffness was enough for me to question Lymes.
On Thursday the bloodwork came back completely negative and our vet just thought he was sick, however on Friday Byron could no longer use his back legs. The way he was moving his legs was very eerie--as if he didn't know how to operate them at all. I immediately made another appt. with the vet and we agreed that it was urgent that Byron see a neurologist.
Byron had an MRI and spinal tap done on Saturday morning. The MRI did not reveal a tumor (which the neurologist was expecting) however the spinal tap revealed inflammation in his spinal cord fluid. We've requested every titer under the sun for Byron's spinal cord fluid and are awaiting results. He may have something that is treatable or the source of the inflammation may be something that has a high mortality rate (e.g. lymphoma). I only had one breakdown, I'm trying to just keep it together until I know exactly what we're dealing with.
In the meantime, Byron still cannot use his rear legs, nor can he control his bladder, so unfortunately I had to put him in a diaper. He is still very alert and will drag his hind legs behind him to be by my side. As I write this he is lying outside of the office slighly snoring and his loyalty to me literally makes my heart hurt.
So if you have any dust to spare, Byron could use it. Some of the titer results will come in over the next several days, while others take two weeks. So we could know soon or it could be a long while.
Thanks for making it through this novel of a post. I'll attach a couple of pics I took last night and this morning...
I'm not one to ask for PS dust, but I guess there is a first time for everything.
Most of you know how I feel about my dogs. Particularly how I feel about Byron, who is my canine soul mate. I love Byron more than words can describe. I waited patiently for two years for his arrival and the first time I held him (over six years ago!) I cried like a baby. He's been by my side through thick and thin and is truly a best friend to me. As Lord Byron said about his own newfoundland, Boatswain, he possesses beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity and all the virtues of man without his vices.
Byron became very, very ill last week. It started early last week with a slight bit of stiffness. I made an appointment with our vet to have a blood panel done just in case Byron had Lymes or another tick-borne illness. He didn't have a fever, but the stiffness was enough for me to question Lymes.
On Thursday the bloodwork came back completely negative and our vet just thought he was sick, however on Friday Byron could no longer use his back legs. The way he was moving his legs was very eerie--as if he didn't know how to operate them at all. I immediately made another appt. with the vet and we agreed that it was urgent that Byron see a neurologist.
Byron had an MRI and spinal tap done on Saturday morning. The MRI did not reveal a tumor (which the neurologist was expecting) however the spinal tap revealed inflammation in his spinal cord fluid. We've requested every titer under the sun for Byron's spinal cord fluid and are awaiting results. He may have something that is treatable or the source of the inflammation may be something that has a high mortality rate (e.g. lymphoma). I only had one breakdown, I'm trying to just keep it together until I know exactly what we're dealing with.
In the meantime, Byron still cannot use his rear legs, nor can he control his bladder, so unfortunately I had to put him in a diaper. He is still very alert and will drag his hind legs behind him to be by my side. As I write this he is lying outside of the office slighly snoring and his loyalty to me literally makes my heart hurt.
So if you have any dust to spare, Byron could use it. Some of the titer results will come in over the next several days, while others take two weeks. So we could know soon or it could be a long while.
Thanks for making it through this novel of a post. I'll attach a couple of pics I took last night and this morning...
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