We’ve been in a kind of holding pattern this week, waiting for Charlie’s next acupuncture appointment (our vet is away until Monday), and waiting to get our appointment dates for the PSOM study at Ohio State University. I’m more concerned about Charlie’s day to day comfort than about rehab right now. We’ve been giving him one dose of Tramadol nearly every day this week, which saddens me after how well he responded to his acupuncture treatment last weekend. Charlie is scheduled for acupuncture Tuesday evening.
As far as the PSOM study goes, I’m hoping that we will get an appointment for Charlie this month, but we may have to wait until January. If he is diagnosed with PSOM, perhaps that could be an answer to what is causing his head pain. Dr. C. is going to talk to the OSU neurologist about Charlie, as I told her he will need to be sedated to have his ears scoped.
Here at home, Charlie still prefers to sleep the day away, but he’s fairly active in the evenings, exploring around the house, playing with our dog toy collection, and chewing on bully sticks and dental rawhides. Our other three cavaliers have accepted him as one of their own and genuinely like to hang out with him. When I brought Charlie to Ohio I was worried that he wouldn’t like our winters very much, but he loves the snow. He has very good traction in the snow – I don’t have to carry him off the deck any more if there’s snow on the ground.
I can only imagine how frustrated you must be. I think we were all hoping….surgery and instant recovery. Having read past stories about this surgery I know many people were disheartened only to have things turn around positively months after the surgery. Praying Charlie is near that place where things start to pick up for him. Bless you and Colin for taking such good care of him.
Hi Cathy,
Just wondering how precious Charlie is doing? I think about him often. Hope all is well.
Cathy-
Any updates. We are all concerned.