loracs | Gilly Update

We're back from the vet, poorer but with more information. They took x-rays of her entire spine from head to tail. The vet said she has "beautiful hips" and her mid to lower back is fine too. The problem seems to be in the 4 - 6th vertebrae; there is a misalignment that might be putting pressure on her spinal cord causing the weakness in her back legs. They took blood and urine to make sure that all looks good. The next option is to see a neurologist and get an opinion. Unless she goes into crisis, we will go with the most conservative treatment; surgery, for many reasons, doesn't seem like an option for us. The good news is the vet didn't see any signs of bone cancer. I was really bracing myself for that possibility.

She is on muscle relaxants for now. And we need to keep her quiet, no jumping, running, pulling on leash. We will pick up all her toys, but this girl can make anything into a toy. One day she dragged a log into

dbubley's house to play with. Since she doesn't want to eat much, we stopped at a special pet store and bought her some fancy food to tempt her with - venison, rabbit, duck, you know, all the stuff we can't afford to buy for the people portion of the household.

Now, I'm going to take a much needed nap. It's been a very long week and stressing out about our baby girl leaves me about 1/2 a straw away from breaking the camels back.