Thursday we took Shadow to our vet. He was limping really bad on his right rear leg. We knew he had hip displasia *arthritis) in both hips. This time, tho, he has in a lot of pain. He wouldn't eat or drink. Did not even want a treat. We were worried we were going to lose him. He is 11 years old and appears to be mentally alert until now.
Now this big boy loves his vet and his vet's office. He usually gets excited to see everyone. We had trouble getting him into the 4 runner. Finally I just told hubby we need to put him in the car. Well we got him on the floorboard in the front. He was not happy and he was laying on his sore hip.
Hubby was giving him pain pills just about every day by now. We had to take him in for testing before he could get any more. The vet started to check him out. He needed to get him to roll over so he could look at the hip. He started to roll him and Shadow barred his teeth, turned quickly to the vet and if the vet's arm had been closer he would have bit him. That is how much he was hurting.
Finally hubby got him to stand. Shadow had to be muzzled and Hubby held his head between his legs. Even them he growled. Yes he was in pain so the doc upped his meds and sent us home. Hubby started him on the pain pills right away.
It appeared that the pills were helping him but he still did not want to eat or drink. I went to spend Saturday night with the granddaughter. Hubby called me at 7:30 am and told me he did not think Shadow was going to make it. He said about 2 am Shadow let out a horrible cry of pain. Hubby got him to quite down and they both went back to sleep. At least he thought so. When he got up in the morning Shadow was not in his bed. Hubby did his normal routine and then went looking for him.
He found Shadow on the other side of the home all curled up in a corner. It was freezing. We have a doggie door and Shadow had not come back in. Hubby got him in the house and them came for me. There is a vet right by us and our vet was not open. We were both thinking that the pain was to great and our Shadow was on his wan to cross the rainbow bridge.
I went in and asked if they could see our baby, or course I was crying like a baby (which I swore that I would not do). Yes they saw him and the vet prescribed him some extra pills that would help and suggested we do shots. He has had success with this treatment so we agreeded.
Today we went back to the vet's thinking our baby was going to get a shot. Insted the vet asked if he could have any xrays from our regular vet and he wanted to take more.
Okay, we left Shadow there. This afternoon we went back to talk about the xrays. We figured it was bad news and tried to prepare ourselves. It was bad news. Shadows bone had cracked and broke away from the joint.. Doc said that he could fix it, he has done it before successfully. So our baby is at the vets and all drugged. He should have a good rest tonight. The surgury is tomorrow.
If there are no complications, Shadow will be up tomorrow. We will have to make sure that he walks so the cartlidge can rearrange the bone where it should be. We are praying there is no cancer. He will still need pain pills for the rest of his life but the quality of his life will be good. He talked about hip replacement but we just can't afford that. Being retired our funds are limited. We will do everything that we can for him.
Now this big boy loves his vet and his vet's office. He usually gets excited to see everyone. We had trouble getting him into the 4 runner. Finally I just told hubby we need to put him in the car. Well we got him on the floorboard in the front. He was not happy and he was laying on his sore hip.
Hubby was giving him pain pills just about every day by now. We had to take him in for testing before he could get any more. The vet started to check him out. He needed to get him to roll over so he could look at the hip. He started to roll him and Shadow barred his teeth, turned quickly to the vet and if the vet's arm had been closer he would have bit him. That is how much he was hurting.
Finally hubby got him to stand. Shadow had to be muzzled and Hubby held his head between his legs. Even them he growled. Yes he was in pain so the doc upped his meds and sent us home. Hubby started him on the pain pills right away.
It appeared that the pills were helping him but he still did not want to eat or drink. I went to spend Saturday night with the granddaughter. Hubby called me at 7:30 am and told me he did not think Shadow was going to make it. He said about 2 am Shadow let out a horrible cry of pain. Hubby got him to quite down and they both went back to sleep. At least he thought so. When he got up in the morning Shadow was not in his bed. Hubby did his normal routine and then went looking for him.
He found Shadow on the other side of the home all curled up in a corner. It was freezing. We have a doggie door and Shadow had not come back in. Hubby got him in the house and them came for me. There is a vet right by us and our vet was not open. We were both thinking that the pain was to great and our Shadow was on his wan to cross the rainbow bridge.
I went in and asked if they could see our baby, or course I was crying like a baby (which I swore that I would not do). Yes they saw him and the vet prescribed him some extra pills that would help and suggested we do shots. He has had success with this treatment so we agreeded.
Today we went back to the vet's thinking our baby was going to get a shot. Insted the vet asked if he could have any xrays from our regular vet and he wanted to take more.
Okay, we left Shadow there. This afternoon we went back to talk about the xrays. We figured it was bad news and tried to prepare ourselves. It was bad news. Shadows bone had cracked and broke away from the joint.. Doc said that he could fix it, he has done it before successfully. So our baby is at the vets and all drugged. He should have a good rest tonight. The surgury is tomorrow.
If there are no complications, Shadow will be up tomorrow. We will have to make sure that he walks so the cartlidge can rearrange the bone where it should be. We are praying there is no cancer. He will still need pain pills for the rest of his life but the quality of his life will be good. He talked about hip replacement but we just can't afford that. Being retired our funds are limited. We will do everything that we can for him.
This is Shadow 125 lbs
He is a wonderful friend and companion. I would really love to have him around a little bit longer.
It is in Doc's and God's hands now. If it is his time then I will have to accept that but I can tell you that it will breat my heart. More tomorrow after the operation.
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