[NAGDU] My Fisher

[cindyray at gmail.com]

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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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] My Fisher

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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