Rosie Update

[jinnyfizz]

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Rosie is home now, but by no means is she recovered

When I arrived at the vet's to collect her she greeted me with a waggy tail and a degree of enthusiasm, but far from her normal wriggley and manic self.

She travelled home quietly and on arriving she wagged her tail at OH and then followed us out to the kitchen. She was very cautious and seemed not to want to go through doors unless we went first.

She had a piece of puffed lung as a treat and then suddenly cried out - I have NEVER heard her do this in all the time she has been here.

We tried to feed her, but she couldn't put her head down and wasn't interested in anything but grated cheese, which we fed her by hand.

After that, she went off to the sofa where she laid down in exactly the same way she had been doing before going to the vet :blink:

This convinced me she needed steriod treatment and so I rang the vet and reported the situation. To my relief, the vet said she wanted to put Rosie onto steroid treatment immediately, without any prompting from me, and so I drove all the way back to pick up the prednisolone.

Whilst I was driving over there, my husband rang to say that Rosie had perked up to the point that she was roaching on the bed and playing tooth sparring with Ella (w00t)

I am now back and Rosie was asleep but on my return she got up to meet me, as did the others, and in the rush Irie landed on top of Rosie and she screamed out in pain The others are now in the garden, out of harm's way, and Rosie is lying quietly in the bed beside my computer table.

The other thing which may be clouding judgement a little is that she has suffered bad reactions to the antibiotic injections she has been having and she has several swellings on the back of her neck because of this. I wonder if maybe these are hurting her rather than the pain being a symptom of her illness? :unsure:

It's very difficult to decide whether to give her the steriod treatment or not, given her improvement this afternoon. But I am still worried that this may be spinal meningitis and by delaying treatment she could get worse. I shall ring the vet again this afternoon after I have had a chance to observe Rosie for a couple of hours but if anyone has any advice, it would be most welcome :thumbsup:

Thanks so much everyone, for helping my little girl get through this :huggles: :huggles:

 

[nicky12]

jane you will see an improvement in a few days what doesage is she on ,as for the reaction to the injection she had in the back of her neck,tia had the same reaction and had the swelling but she didnt feel pain in it ,if it was me id start the steroids asap ,dont let the occasional good times fool you my tia was like this ok one min pain the next was at my wits end with her i lost count the amount of times i posted saying she was feeling brighter and then the next hour she was in pain ,just my opinion hun im shure youl do wat you think is right for your rosie :huggles:

 

[Rae]

Everything crossed here for Rosie.

Hope your baby improves very soon Jane, we are thinking of you x

 

[sue burton]

hope she starts to improve sending :huggles: :huggles: :huggles: :huggles: and :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck:

 

[~Annie~]

Oh Jane ... I do feel for you :huggles: I know if it were my dog my concern would be that steroids given without positive diagnosis might then mask developing symptoms that would lead to the correct diagnosis. But of course if it is spinal meningitis the sooner you act the better. Such a hard one to call

Just a thought, but has anyone looked inside her throat. Some years ago we had a dachsie with similar symptoms and were backwards and forwards to the vet daily for over a week before he was discovered to have an oesophagal obstruction ... sadly in his case a tumour but as the vet said at the time a piece of stick would have caused just the same neck discomfort, reluctance to eat, even temperature and raised white cell count given the possibility of infection and the effect of stress. And he too was fine at times and seemed to be failing fast at others.

Whatever the problem proves to be I do hope that the lovely Rosie :wub: will be soon be truly on the mend :luck:

Annie

 

[AnnSa]

I can't offer any advice Jane but just wanted to say you

know im here thinking of Rosie and all of you :huggles:

 

[jinnyfizz]

Oh Jane ... I do feel for you :huggles: I know if it were my dog my concern would be that steroids given without positive diagnosis might then mask developing symptoms that would lead to the correct diagnosis. But of course if it is spinal meningitis the sooner you act the better. Such a hard one to call
Just a thought, but has anyone looked inside her throat. Some years ago we had a dachsie with similar symptoms and were backwards and forwards to the vet daily for over a week before he was discovered to have an oesophagal obstruction ... sadly in his case a tumour but as the vet said at the time a piece of stick would have caused just the same neck discomfort, reluctance to eat, even temperature and raised white cell count given the possibility of infection and the effect of stress. And he too was fine at times and seemed to be failing fast at others.

Whatever the problem proves to be I do hope that the lovely Rosie :wub: will be soon be truly on the mend :luck:

Annie

Thanks Annie :huggles:

Yes, her throat was checked, but she has never been off her food and has wolfed down her chicken wing this morning when I was away getting the drugs!

She is exhibiting all the classic signs of spinal meningitis and I have decided to give her the first steroid tablet as, the sooner the inflammation can be reduced, the better for Rosie

We tend to shy off giving steroids in any form these days, mainly due to issues with this type of treatment in the past, but I am hoping that Rosie will recover and then the dose can be titrated down until she is weaned off them for good :thumbsup: I take comfort in the fact that people are ingesting, inhaling or applying steroid treatments of all sorts with great results so I've gone along the scientific decision route of asking myself "does the benefit outweigh the risk?" and come up with a resounding "yes!" :thumbsup:

 

[jinnyfizz]

jane you will see an improvement in a few days what doesage is she on ,as for the reaction to the injection she had in the back of her neck,tia had the same reaction and had the swelling but she didnt feel pain in it ,if it was me id start the steroids asap ,dont let the occasional good times fool you my tia was like this ok one min pain the next was at my wits end with her i lost count the amount of times i posted saying she was feeling brighter and then the next hour she was in pain ,just my opinion hun im shure youl do wat you think is right for your rosie :huggles:

1 x 5mg tablet, twice a day for 3 days and then 1 x 5mg tablet once a day for a further 14 days :thumbsup:

 

[devonmaid]

just to say i'm wishing rosie all the best and it must be awflu l trying to make decisions as to her treatment :luck:

 

[teachtrinity]

hope she picks up soon Jane, big hugs to you all, they do like to worry us don't they

 

[~Annie~]

Oh Jane ... I do feel for you :huggles: I know if it were my dog my concern would be that steroids given without positive diagnosis might then mask developing symptoms that would lead to the correct diagnosis. But of course if it is spinal meningitis the sooner you act the better. Such a hard one to call
Just a thought, but has anyone looked inside her throat. Some years ago we had a dachsie with similar symptoms and were backwards and forwards to the vet daily for over a week before he was discovered to have an oesophagal obstruction ... sadly in his case a tumour but as the vet said at the time a piece of stick would have caused just the same neck discomfort, reluctance to eat, even temperature and raised white cell count given the possibility of infection and the effect of stress. And he too was fine at times and seemed to be failing fast at others.

Whatever the problem proves to be I do hope that the lovely Rosie :wub: will be soon be truly on the mend :luck:

Annie

Thanks Annie :huggles:

Yes, her throat was checked, but she has never been off her food and has wolfed down her chicken wing this morning when I was away getting the drugs!

She is exhibiting all the classic signs of spinal meningitis and I have decided to give her the first steroid tablet as, the sooner the inflammation can be reduced, the better for Rosie

We tend to shy off giving steroids in any form these days, mainly due to issues with this type of treatment in the past, but I am hoping that Rosie will recover and then the dose can be titrated down until she is weaned off them for good :thumbsup: I take comfort in the fact that people are ingesting, inhaling or applying steroid treatments of all sorts with great results so I've gone along the scientific decision route of asking myself "does the benefit outweigh the risk?" and come up with a resounding "yes!" :thumbsup:

I'm sure you're right :thumbsup: Looking forward to hearing that Rosie has her bounce back very soon And huge hugs to you ... so hard what they put us through when they are unwell :huggles:

 

[meddling]

I'd go for it and use the steroids..you'll know very soon if they are working in the right way...loads of love xxx

 

[Foxglove]

Oh these wee dogs of ours DO like to scare us and add to our collection of grey hairs!!! :lol:

I'm sure Rosie will soon be back to her usual bouncy gorgeous self now you have her on the steroids :wub: Keeping everything crossed for you both :luck: :wub:

 

[hely]

Hi jane, i havent any advice either, but im sending positive thoughts and will put Rosie in the healing book when i go to church on tuesday xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[FeeFee]

Sending lots of continued good wishes to Rosie. I hope the steroids kick in and she's feeling better very soon :luck:

 

[jinnyfizz]

I'd go for it and use the steroids..you'll know very soon if they are working in the right way...loads of love xxx

She had her first tablet a couple of hours ago, and ..............

Within an hour she moved unasked and unaided from the bed in the dining room to the sofa and Shane's lap!

She has just got up and asked to go out, run across the paddock, had a long wee and a poo (vet's recovery diet, yuk :x ) and is now hanging around looking for food (steroid side effect )

On the whole, much, much brighter and from that result, fingers crossed, I would say she is now responding to treatment :thumbsup:

Keep sending the positive thoughts, guys!! I think it's working xx

 

[gilliwigs]

I'd go for it and use the steroids..you'll know very soon if they are working in the right way...loads of love xxx

She had her first tablet a couple of hours ago, and ..............

Within an hour she moved unasked and unaided from the bed in the dining room to the sofa and Shane's lap!

She has just got up and asked to go out, run across the paddock, had a long wee and a poo (vet's recovery diet, yuk :x ) and is now hanging around looking for food (steroid side effect )

On the whole, much, much brighter and from that result, fingers crossed, I would say she is now responding to treatment :thumbsup:

Keep sending the positive thoughts, guys!! I think it's working xx

That's really good news Jane Hope she continues to improve over the next few days. :thumbsup:

 

[nicky12]

I'd go for it and use the steroids..you'll know very soon if they are working in the right way...loads of love xxx

She had her first tablet a couple of hours ago, and ..............

Within an hour she moved unasked and unaided from the bed in the dining room to the sofa and Shane's lap!

She has just got up and asked to go out, run across the paddock, had a long wee and a poo (vet's recovery diet, yuk :x ) and is now hanging around looking for food (steroid side effect )

On the whole, much, much brighter and from that result, fingers crossed, I would say she is now responding to treatment :thumbsup:

Keep sending the positive thoughts, guys!! I think it's working xx

brilliant news ooo i know about the food side effects jane tia looks for food constantly and will scavange anything she can ,iv caught her picking throu the contents of my bin before now

 

[Dar Khan]

Good to hear that she is a little brighter and mobile

 

[teachtrinity]

thats great news, best wishes for a speedy recovery Rosie :wub: :wub: