We are back from the vets
Things are as i expected really , things are getting worse , it is his spinal injury. He showed us a diagram and showed me what Dennis had had removed last time and explained that because that has been removed it can have a domino effect on the other discs. He thinks the the wetting himself ( sorry dont know how else to put it ) could become more regular and the head shake is almost definatly related to the injury as his ears are clear. He did a couple of things with his legs and said he could see that it had gone downhill from the progress that was being made. He did say that he dosnt appear to be in any pain which is good. We were due to start hydrotherapy again next week at somewhere close to home but the vet said he didnt want him doing anything like that.
He is on anti-inflamtries (sp?) and goes back in a week. He said if i feel he is ANY worse to go straight back. He also said that it isnt at the stage where surgery would be needed but that in some cases it could quickly get that way. I did discuss that if it gets to the stage where surgery would be needed and that he was in pain that i wouldnt put him through that and he completely agreed with me. He did say that we have got it early and he hopes the anti-inflamatries would do something with a bit of crate rest and maybe it wouldnt get any worse but i dont think that seems like the likely outcome to be honest. Now i have to try to keep him calm which dosnt happen easily with Dennis , he gets that upset now in his crate he nearly does backflips which i dont think will help matter much.
So now i feel like its just a matter of time for my boy
I do truly hope that im looking at the worst side of things.
