[NAGDU] My Fisher

d m gina dmgina at mysero.net
Thu Aug 20 03:52:00 UTC 2020


She could take the dog for weight, do light surgery things like that.
Dar
Original message:
> Did she do all of the care in your house, or did she have a vehicle? My
> mobile groomer has a totally self-contained unit, but I didn't really tour
> this place because I was more concerned with Fisher at the time.
> Cindy Lou
> cindyray at gmail.com


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> Yes I have done the mobile vet.
> I had to pay more and that was fine with me.
> She did many things on the carpet,
> what I am saying is she didn't take the dog away from me.
> Did nail trim shots where I don't remember the rest.
> Dar
> Original message:
>> Hi to all,

>> Well, the latest episode of my whining about good old Fisher. He
>> turned fourteen on July 16. He was doing well, as energetic as you
>> would expect, and quite full of life. Then last Friday came. He fell
>> down a few steps. We helped him go downstairs. After that, he really
>> couldn't do the stairs anymore. At first he would stand at the bottom,
>> and once he went up to the landing (it is a split foyer house with
>> seven steps in each little flight.) My husband carried him up so he
>> could go out on the deck with us for lunch, but we didn't stay long
> because It was hot.

>> I called my vet to tell her what had happened, and she couldn't work him
> in.
>> They suggested that I call a mobile vet, so I called her. They sent
>> over some anti-inflammatories for him to take. Bob carried him down to
>> the landing and we went out in the front. He saw the sidewalk and
>> thought we should go north like we always did on our walks, but I did
> discourage that.

>> After dinner, we tried to "rig up the deck" so he would relieve there,
>> but nothing doing.

>> Saturday morning he wasn't eating or drinking, and being a goldador, I
>> was pretty sure we were in a Hospice situation. I took him to an
>> emergency care place.

>> They determined that his vitals were good, he has arthritis, and he
>> has odd eye movements, a stygnus.  Vestibular disease is what they
>> call it, and it is like neuralgia. They say that when there doesn't
>> seem to be a cause except maybe an underlying one that they would have
>> to test for. They gave him a shot and some meds for nausea, but I
>> never was sure if that was an issue.

>> On Tuesday, we had the mobile vet come here. She looked at him and
>> said he was in pain and his rear was dropped down some, but he seemed
>> to be in good health. So I decided I would go back to giving him his
>> regular food. I had been giving this specialty food that I got at my
>> vet when he was  having stomach issues and adding a little chicken to
>> it. He also was given some glucosamine chews. He wouldn't eat his food
>> even though it was a mix of old and the specialty food, though he did when
> I added the chicken to it.

>> Today I gave him his old food twice. He would have no part of it. I
>> then gave him the specialty food with a little chicken, and he ate it.
>> We have to watch to make sure he gets water.

>> So he can't do stairs, and we moved into the family room so we could
>> all be together. I took him for a short walk today, but he quickly
>> commenced to pant heavily, so I would say he is in quite a little pain.

>> The one good thing about it is that he is no longer the dog I knew
>> last week. I can care for him, but it is different, except that he
>> still shows me he cares a lot. All this is to say that I think we may
>> have precious little time left. This wasn't how I imagined losing him,
>> but of course there are so many ways.

>> I would sort of like to use the same vet I have been, but I feel as if
>> after
>> 17 years she could find a way to work him in. (That's 17 years all
>> together.) To be fair, she is a one doctor office, but given the
>> symptoms, I just couldn't believe they couldn't figure out a way to
>> work him in. If I am going to have to euthanize him, then I want to do
>> it here. I am not sure she would do that. It won't be easy, but I feel
>> I am giving him the best comfort I can in these days of pain. I miss
>> his coming upstairs to follow me around, but it is all good, because
>> he greets me when he is aware of my returning to downstairs. We don't
>> want to leave him alone at all now. Maybe that's silly, but I feel an
> intense need to remain here with him, or for Bob to.

>> So have any of you used a mobile vet? Did you ever use one as your
>> primary care vet? What do you think are the pros and cons of doing that?

>> Sorry this is so long. I'm tired of reading it myself.

>> Take good care.

>> Cindy Lou Ray

>> cindyray at gmail.com <mailto:cindyray at gmail.com>



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