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 [...]
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Holding pattern
Posted in life after decompression on December 15, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Charlie’s 2nd birthday
Posted in life after decompression on December 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Charlie turns two years old on Dec. 11, 2007. Happy birthday little boy!
Vet appointment and acupuncture
Posted in life after decompression on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Charlie, napping at home after his acupuncture treatment:
Yesterday we took Charlie to see his vet. The vet practice at Northview is a large one; our chosen vet is a young doctor whose area of interest is neurology. She has training in acupuncture and Chinese herbs as well. She has been seeing [...]
Rehab
Posted in life after decompression on December 6, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This afternoon I called our vets’ office and spoke to their rehabilitation specialist. She is originally from the hospital where Charlie had his surgery, and has experience working with neurology patients. We have started to set up a plan for little Charlie.
I explained our situation, how unpredictable he is, and she came up [...]
Behavior breakthroughs
Posted in life after decompression on December 5, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I’ve mentioned a few times that Charlie is a bit quirky and came to us with a full set of behavior problems. When a dog has been as extremely ill as Charlie, training is at the bottom of the list of priorities. But now that he’s adjusting to life after surgery, we’re starting [...]
Adjusting
Posted in life after decompression on December 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Charlie is in his second week of adjusting to normal life. Dr. A. had indicated at Charlie’s last appointment that he needs to progressively get back to a normal life over a two week period. Usually when cavaliers have decompression surgery, they need to be confined for several weeks, but not Charlie. I’m thinking it’s [...]
Our happy boy
Posted in life after decompression on November 28, 2007 | 6 Comments »
This evening we gave Charlie a pedicure so he wouldn’t slip on our smooth floors. He was very well behaved having his nails and the fur between his foot pads trimmed. Here he is on the left – smiling! He enjoyed hanging out with Geordie, India and Chocolate watching Colin cook. [...]
Balancing
Posted in life after decompression on November 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Charlie’s regular vet had wanted us to lower Charlie’s Amantadine dosage because of his diarrhea/colitis, so we did lower it for two days. But we quickly realized that he really needs the full dose, so now he’s back on his 40mg dose. The combination of Flagyl and Benebac is working now, and he’s [...]
