worst day in a while
today started off ok. i had to take mimi to get vaccinations and have her checked cuz i thought she might have pigmentary keritis. before we left i gave her a benedryl just in case. so we got there and weighed her (19.3lbs) checked for pk and the doc said she didnt have it. gave her distemper shot and bordatella vacc up the nose. the vet noticed a discrepancy in muscle mass between her bak legs and i felt it. the right leg had much less muscle than the left. the doc asked if maybe she was injured at some point but she hadnt to my knowledge. she said she didnt think it was a lux pat but just to remember she had muscle difference.then i got her nails dremeled and we came home. upon arriving home i noticed her eye was a little puffy but i though she mighta just scratched her face and freshly dremeled nails may have caught her cheek. no biggie
that is until she hopped up on me and fell asleep. she NEVER does this and i noticed her breathing was shallow so i made her get off me and sure enough her face had puffed up. so back to the vet we went. at that point they put in a catheter and gave her a huge steroid dose which took over an hour to start working. she then came in and told me the other vet was able to luxate the patella and mimi has been in pain for a while. i nearly broke own. i would rather have needles jammed into my eyes than know mimi has been in pain for even an hour. so theres a school just up the road but the surgery will cost $1200 so i think i'm gonna have to put off the gastric bypass i've been fighting for 2 years to get cuz i'm not letting mimi be in any pain.
mimi will be spending the night at the e-vet because the last reaction she had (which we thought was to lepto vaccine) flared up and we had to take her to the e-vet. so its cheaper to just keep her at the event than rush her back later tonight. so today we learned by the process of elimination she's allergic to distemper, bordatella or both. maybe even still the lepto. she has a luxating patella and needs surgery and i'm a horrible owner for not noticing she was having difficulty. the end
that is until she hopped up on me and fell asleep. she NEVER does this and i noticed her breathing was shallow so i made her get off me and sure enough her face had puffed up. so back to the vet we went. at that point they put in a catheter and gave her a huge steroid dose which took over an hour to start working. she then came in and told me the other vet was able to luxate the patella and mimi has been in pain for a while. i nearly broke own. i would rather have needles jammed into my eyes than know mimi has been in pain for even an hour. so theres a school just up the road but the surgery will cost $1200 so i think i'm gonna have to put off the gastric bypass i've been fighting for 2 years to get cuz i'm not letting mimi be in any pain.
mimi will be spending the night at the e-vet because the last reaction she had (which we thought was to lepto vaccine) flared up and we had to take her to the e-vet. so its cheaper to just keep her at the event than rush her back later tonight. so today we learned by the process of elimination she's allergic to distemper, bordatella or both. maybe even still the lepto. she has a luxating patella and needs surgery and i'm a horrible owner for not noticing she was having difficulty. the end