Thought Sheila might pop in and tell me what kind of wide angle butt lens to use.
I was actually thinking an oil painting would do it more justice. You could then make prints of the portrait and sell them to make money for the CT if it becomes necessary.
So, an acute injury, likely neurologic, causing muscle weakness. Sounds like the prednisone is the way to go with my limited small animal experience. I would likely give some antibiotic as well, because I am a food animal person, and heck, you never know, sometimes antibiotics help.
If you are thinking of a surgical fix, then you do need these advanced imaging techniques to guide the therapy. If you are going with medication, then MRI and CT don't help much IMO.
If surgery these days is done with some minimally invasive technique I might consider it if a disc, cyst, or bone chip was identified that clearly, without a doubt was the cause of the problem. If it's still the 6 " incision thru muscle etc. it helps the aftercare if the temperament of the dog is mellow and forgiving. Not every dog can tolerate major surgery. This is especially true IME if they feel worse post -op than pre-op.
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^^^Not to take away from the above^^^
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...in his normal everyday activity their anus is clenched shut (umm..like clenched fist)....if it's open you would definately be able to see the difference...sending out some prayers and thoughts to my fellow Canadian xo
I was skimming over your post and for an instant there I though that was your illustration. closed/open Sorry...LOL
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Thanks so much Dr. Betty. That's very reassuring with what I've been hearing and the course we're on. He is on a high dose of antibiotics right now, has been for almost 2 weeks. 1000 mgs of Amoxil Novo twice a day. I don't think anything foreign is living in him.
And no worries about the aftercare, should it get to that. He may not appreciate outsiders but he's my best bud and putty in my hands. He's been handling the down time fairly well and tolerating a lot of dressings and pill taking better than any dog I've owned. Almost like he knows I'm helping him.
Hopefully this miracle drug prednisone, which I'm about to give him, will have some good healing powers.
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And I'm sure that care was taken not to have the NSAID and the steroid in the system at once.
When I talked it over with the Dr., she felt this evening would be perfect.
He was on the Meloxicam for four days with his last one Tuesday morning at around 7 am. I didn't give him one yesterday in anticipation of the decision to start the prednisone and of course none today so we're at precisely 59 hours since he's had an NSAID.
I'm just getting their dinner ready and he'll get it around 7:00 - 60 hours.
And thank you so much for the well wishes. Everyone has been just incredible. You guys are there thru the tears and the laughter. Who could ask for better people.
ETA: Got any tricks for slicing these little pills in half?
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