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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Axle's taken a turn *update*
« on: April 05, 2008, 10:37:07 pm »
axle has been symptom free for over a year now as far as his hip dysplasia goes. it's been great. no running, or long walks but he's good enough he can go up the stairs to sleep at the foot of my bed at night and back down in the morning. today, all of a sudden he just starts screaming in the middle of the floor and can't stand. no kids around him, achilles (the dog i'm working with from home) hasn't had any contact with him, nothing. he's been limping and using his tail overly for balance and whining / screaming with every step (his tail goes everywhere when he walks) ever since. he has a pathetic look in his eyes that just screams "make it stop mom." it brings tears to my eye every time i think about it or even look at him. he's stopped hiking his leg to potty again, and just lays there all day. he's still eating, and drinking, but it still upsets me, as he's just as important as my skin kids to me. we're bringing him to the vet asap. i've given him aspirin, and trying to get him to sleep on his firm but fluffy poppason (sp?) cushion "bed" (he prefers sleeping on the cold tile???) but i am still worried. are the chances of them successfully doing surgery on him good? he's over 5 years of age now, but is still good on his weight. i think he's about 135-140 right now, and 32" at the shoulder so he is weight / size proportionate. i'm so upset and i can't even think about having to put him to sleep ever, much less while brandon is deployed and unable to help support me our old vet always told me i'd be lucky to have him around for 5 years with his health and i can't imagine that it would be over now, with no indication that it was getting worst (my vet said they'd have a hard time w the surgery on him)