ok home - dinner eaten (chicken & rice of course!
) - first set of tablets taken - one curled up jennie in her basket beside me.
So the vet showed us the MRI scans - OMG
- the neuro-vet again said she couldn't believe she had still been walking, because looking at the pictures she should have been paralysed, possibly even a stage 5 with no sensation.
She said the disc had probably slipped very gradually so the spinal chord had time to compensate - hence the walking still but that eventually it had begun to cause the pain.
She is a very bald little dog - shaved belly for the laparoscopy, and a shaven patch on her back and her little plaster
She's on 25mg Rimadyl / day , 500mg Synulox / day & 600mg Gabapentin per day.
Strict rest for the next 4 weeks, and crated when not supervised. No stairs, running or jumping - ideally no steps (theres a small kerb height step into our back garden
so we've been told, gently and slowly should be fine - however we've decided to go out the front door instead). No slippery floors.
5-10 minutes 'sniff' time whilst also going to the loo 3 or 4 times a day. However we have been told that if she starts getting restless and excitable when out and she should be resting that we can gently walk her for 10 minutes - on lead, no pulling etc (tough one!
)
As far as T-Touch goes .. the neuro-vet wasn't aware of it.. but she said that anything to help calm her down and relax her is a good idea, but if anything starts stressing her out or makes her thrash /wriggle around to much then it must be stopped.
When we were there I was actually doing a T-Touch move on her which was actually working and calming her down! (it was the ear one - I can't remember it's name, but it was definitely calming her down!)
So pleased.. I hope she keeps it up and we manage the post-op care properly - and by I manage I mean we know exactly what to do it's just ensuring Jennie co-operates!
