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Cocker Specific Discussion => Health => Topic started by: elaine.e on June 28, 2009, 09:24:06 PM
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William is having a scan on Tuesday to establish what the problem is with his back. Anyone who saw him at the Fritham meet today will know that he's showing no clinical signs at the moment and is very fit and enjoying running about and having fun, but we've not done agility for nearly 3 months now and I'm lifting him in and out of the car and not allowing him to go upstairs and jump on the bed.
The orthopaedic vet that we saw a few weeks ago thinks William may have some disc degeneration in his lower back and the scan is the only way to find out.
So fingers crossed and positive thoughts for Tuesday please. I hate the thought of leaving him there for the day and that he's got to have a general anaesthetic. I'll be a nervous wreck all day.
I'm not sure when I'll get the results, but for the moment I'll just be glad to get William home safely on Tuesday.
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Sending positive thoughts for good results to William :luv: I know it's scary to put him through this, but at least you will know what you are dealing with. I'll be thinking of you both on Tuesday :-* :luv:
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Sending positive thoughts your way
Sherrie.x
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we'll be thinking of you both :bigarmhug:
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Will be thinking of you and William, especially on Tuesday :-* :-*
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Hope it all goes ok on Tues, and that you get him home quickly.
Positive thoughts from us too William. x :luv: :luv:
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I'll be thinking about you both too, the day will drag in, so make sure you have plenty to keep you busy. :-*
Good luck William, I hope they find out what the problem is. :luv:
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I'm sure William will be fine on Tuesday. ;) Hope the MRI shows what's wrong so you get a definitive diagnosis, will be thinking of you both. :-*
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Good luck for Tuesday. Hope all goes well for you.
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My thoughts will be with you both on Tuesday :-*
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Will be thinking of you both on Tuesday, I hope you get a diagnosis :luv: :luv:
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We will be with you on Tuesday. Hope all goes well. :-*
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Huge positive thoughts from us all here aswell Elaine........hope everything goes well for William on Tuesday & they get to the bottom his problem with the scan........you're right, he did look 'very well' today :luv:
Extra big kiss from Purdey too :-*
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Am sure he'll be fine (my cat has had two MRIs recently and came through it with no ill effects) - good luck and positive thoughts
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Good Luck for tomorrow, hope the scan gives you the answers you need.
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Hope everything goes yours and Williams way on tuesday, positive thoughts on their way from us, take care :luv: Jo and Belle
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Hi Elaine, hope it all goes well tomorrow , have missed you on the Agility circuit this year.
Ellie and I send you both positive thoughts :luv:
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Hope it goes well for you and Sweet William tomorrow, and that there is nothing too serious going on in there.
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Sending positive thoughts for Tuesday for William and hugs and cuddles too, hopefully it will soon be over and done with for you and things will be ok love Heather xxx
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Thinking of you, hope you can get some answers :blink:
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Good luck Elaine and sending William lots of positive thoughts for tomorrow :luv: :luv:
Stephanie, George and Hamish xxx
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best of luck for tomorrow :luv:
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Hope everything goes well for William tomorrow :luv:.
Lots of postive thoughts from us all xxx
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Will be thinking of William tomorrow, and hope the outcome is positive.
Karen, Misha & Roly
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Sending you & William positive thoughts and i hope the outcome from the scan is good news. :luv:
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All fingers and paws crossed here that everything goes well tomorrow and you get good news.
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Having been thesesane done that twice with Laney for the same reasons, i can completely understand how your feeling right now.
Wishing william and yourself a smooth day that will hopefully give you the results you wish for, will be thinking of you both! Xx
with both of Laney's MRI's i was given that results the same day, it was only the spinal tap we had to wait for.
best of love and luck Xx
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Good luck for today William :luv:
Hope the day doesn't drag for you Elaine & he's back home again soon :luv:
Let us know how you get on ;)
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Hope everything goes well today :luv:
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Hope all goes well for William today and that its nothing too serious :luv:
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Thanks for the good wishes everybody. I dropped William off just before 9.00am and I'm now keeping myself busy to avoid worrying too much. So far I've done food shopping and at the moment 24 of William's cuddly toys are in the washing machine. Hopefully they'll be dried and back in his toy box before he comes home later today, as he gets a bit anxious if he sees them all hung out to dry on the rotary!
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Keep busy, hope things go ok.
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Just checking in to see if there's any news :luv: let us know :bigarmhug:
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at the moment 24 of William's cuddly toys are in the washing machine. Hopefully they'll be dried and back in his toy box before he comes home later today, as he gets a bit anxious if he sees them all hung out to dry on the rotary!
Aw, poor William, I can just imagine his little face watching them all drying. I used to do Gari's in batches, but he would also stare at the ones on the line and seemed worried about them. :luv:
I hope William got on ok today. :luv:
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I've been thinking of you today.
I hope all is well. (And that the toys are dry!)
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Fingers crossed for brave boy William today - he'll enjoy getting his smell back on his clean toys when he get's home ;) :-*
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I'm so cross. My poor boy was there for 8 and a half hours today and hasn't had his scan. I had a phone call just after 4.30pm to say that they'd had some problems with the scanner so hadn't been able to do all the scans. They wanted to keep William overnight but I said I wanted him home. Luckily it's only about a 30 minute drive, so I've now got him home and he's just had his evening meal. He has to be back there at 8.30am tomorrow, so can't have any more food between now and then.
They said he'd been really good and quiet all day, but what they don't realise is that he is a good and very polite boy, who doesn't make much fuss vocally even when he's stressed. I think he probably copes better than many, but it can't have been pleasant for him, stuck in a cage and surrounded by strange people and stressed dogs.
Maybe I shouldn't be so cross. I know that technical faults happen and they probably tried very hard to get all the scans done, but I think they should have realised earlier than 4.30pm that they weren't going to finish them all. At least he hasn't been sedated, which is one of the things I was worried about.
Anyway, rant over. He's having a nap at my feet right now and I'll take him for a walk later (watching like a hawk to make sure he doesn't snack on any horse poo) and hopefully we'll both get a restful night before going through all the stress again tomorrow.
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How frustrating,
I agree that they can't be blamed for the machine not working, but they could have let you know earlier. I guess they must have just really wanted to get through them all and were hoping that they could.
Bless him. I hope he copes as well tomorrow.
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Poor William being stuck in there all day, they should have let you know earlier. >:(
I hope they get it fixed and he gets it done tomorrow, it's stressful enough going through all that for one day, never mind two.
Give William a big cuddle from me. :luv:
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Oh no! how infuriating! >:(
Hope he manages to have done tomorrow and everything goes smoothly with a good result.
I really do feel for you, what a complete pain in the backside.
Bless you William :luv: :luv: More positive thoughts for tomorrow.
Love Jo & Milly xx
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What a b****y nuisance ph34r its bad enough getting yourself worked up and putting him through all that once, fingers crossed for you tommorow ;)
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Oh Elaine how damn frustrating for you and poor William. ::) I can imagine how annoying it is, what with all the 'build up' for his scan and William being left all that time in a cage at the vets, even more so in this heat. ::) All the worry for you today and its still not done. ::)
I will be thinking of you both tomorrow and hope they can do the scan a.s.a.p in the morning, so you can collect him earlier too.
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that's rotten >:D Bleedin' hope he's first on the list tomorrow ph34r
Big :luv: :luv: :luv: to a very good little boy
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Maybe give them a ring in the morning to check everything is up and running.
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Oh what a pain >:D I hope he gets his scan early tomorrow and you get some conclusive results :luv:
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Sounds like he was booked into Bournemouth hospital Elaine !!!! >:D ;)
Sorry it has been a wasted day for both of you & hope it all gets sorted tomorrow & you finally get the answers you're waiting for :shades:
William is such a laid back, placid boy & I hope he wasn't too stressed by todays non happenings >:( :luv:
On the plus side, he does get to recieve lots more love & kisses by all his furry friends......& here's some more from Purdey :-* :luv: Livie :-* & Tinkerbelle :-*
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I don't know about Bournemouth Hospital, but the scanner van is huge and very impressive looking, much more so than the mobile screening units you see for people!
I'm hoping that William will be done early tomorrow. I got the impression that they got through most of the list today and wonder if William got pushed back down the list because he was being good and quiet, because we're so local and perhaps because he's clinically sound at the moment and I'm sure that some of the dogs being scanned must have been more urgent cases.
I also think that the van must be needed elsewhere this week so I'm sure they will be keen to get through the remaining cases as early as possible tomorrow. So we will be on their doorstep at 8.30am prompt tomorrow.
I hope we don't get put off again as the van won't be back until August.
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Dropped William off at 8.30am this morning. The nurse who took him gave him a big hug and said he'd had lots of cuddles yesterday, which made me feel happier.
He's 3rd of 4 to be scanned and they're hoping to have done all of them by about 12.00pm, so hopefully I will get a phone call early this afternoon and will be able to go and collect him soon after.
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I don't know about Bournemouth Hospital, but the scanner van is huge and very impressive looking, much more so than the mobile screening units you see for people!
My cat had his MRI done in same or similar van :005: - the vets I had to take him to have it there every 2 weeks now as there's such a demand (if for some reason they need to rescan him again later ask the vets to see if they can get a discount - my referral vets got 50% off the 2nd one ;))
Good luck for today
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Hope all goes well for William........sending lots of cyber hugs, kisses and positive thoughts for William and for you Elaine. It is a horrible time for both of you.x
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Any news on William, has he had the scan, i hope he is not too stressed :-*
Stephanie, George and Hamish xxx
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He's back home :blink: :blink:, a bit wobbly and red eyed and sorry for himself, but basically OK. I was worried that he would be too hot so borrowed a fan, but as soon as I switched it on he took himself off into the garden and is now toasting himself in the sunshine. I'll get him back in very shortly if he doesn't come in of his own accord. He's quite drowsy and I don't want him to nod off and stay out in the sunshine too long.
I won't get the results of the scan until next week, probably Monday or Tuesday, when the vet will phone me. That seems a long time to wait, but at least I've got my boy back safely.
Thank you everyone for all your support :D
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Great to hear today went as planned!
Lovely to have your boy home................. now it's just occupying yourself until next week!
He did seem in fine fettle at Fritham though!
Lovely little man :luv: :luv: :luv:
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He's back home :blink: :blink:, a bit wobbly and red eyed and sorry for himself, but basically OK. I was worried that he would be too hot so borrowed a fan, but as soon as I switched it on he took himself off into the garden and is now toasting himself in the sunshine. I'll get him back in very shortly if he doesn't come in of his own accord. He's quite drowsy and I don't want him to nod off and stay out in the sunshine too long.
When my cat had his MRI they were concerned he'd get cold - I think sedation etc brings their body temperature down, not sure
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glad he's home ok, and hope you get the results fast :luv:
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Glad he's home! :luv: :luv:
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I'm glad he's home and ok too :luv: fingers crossed for the results!
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Lots of hugs for William :luv:
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Glad he is back home with you, fingers, toes and paws x'd for good results next week.
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All thebest for William and yourself. My neighbour has an orange rowan also called William. That's how we came to have two cocker spaniels of our own, used to look after William when they went out and fell in love with the breed, you just can't help it.
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I am glad it's all done now, at least.
Hope he will soon be feeling a bit more normal. Bet he'll milk it for all he's worth! :005:
Hope the results are good. Do let us know.
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Glad William is home now - bless him. :luv: :luv:
I have been watching all day for an update - thank you for letting us know.
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I'm glad he got it done today and it went well, good luck for the results next week. :-*
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Just caught up with your update. So pleased they actually did the Scan today and William is safely home with you. :luv: :D
Fingers crossed for good results. :D
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just checking in on William cos I've been at work all day (well, except for a sneeky 20 mins on here at lunchtime!)
so glad he has had his scan, and that hes back home with you tonight. :luv:
Hope its good news next week.
Jo & Milly xx
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Aww glad its done now, hope the results come back quickly.
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:luv: Thank goodness all went well today after the fiasco yesterday, sending more hugs and cuddles to William and yourself and hopefully good news next week, love Heather xxx
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Glad he is back home and he's alright. All fingers and paws crossed here for good news next week.
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Just catching up, glad that William is back home, all ingers and paws crossed for the good results next week :luv: :D
Stephanie, George and Hamish xxx
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What a bl**dy pain when they had him for so long and not done him. You get stressed, they get stressed and then you have to do it all again ::)
I'm glad William finally had it done ;) :-*