debpdx54321
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Hi, I have been reading this forum for years and Sea Monkey is my 3rd wonderful mastiff. I have been so lucky with the health of my dogs, one (a fluffy) lives with my daughter in Oregon and is almost 9 and still is healthy and gets around town -everyone lets him in the stores and even restaurants.
Anyway, Sea Monkey is only 4 1/2 and woke up with acute lameness and swelling. I had heard him bump his leg while dreaming the night before and I was watching it. It was non weight bearing and swollen. The next morning there was no improvement so we went to the vet. I am not one to rush after a day of limping but this was obviously something else.-hot and swollen and completely non weight bearing.
Well the X-ray showed arthritis, the microscopic slides showed nothing but the culture showed bacteria. He has septic arthritis and although they can cure the bacteria, I could not believe the amount of bone damage and that he had shown no signs of it-he is bit lazy but I had been hurt myself so we did not do the extensive hiking my other mastiff and I had done-plus it is Florida where I live now and he does not like the heat unless we are swimming.
My question is this-has any one had this experience? It is now 5 days later and he is still limping but the vet suggested going to an animal hospital to have the joint area levaged or rinsed with sterile solution. He is already on antibiotics.
They will again have to put him under 9as again as they did for the X-ray and the culture collection. He was in so much pain I could not have them bending him all around and go through that.
Anyway-sorry it's so long-but I have been so upset. The money I have spent was the last of my savings and I applied for credit and was given it-but I needed this money to start a new job-I was a housewife for years and left a creepy abusive husband and have been living on a strict budget-(he eats better than I do -taste of the wild with a 1/2 cup of Bjorn plus he loves raw chicken as snacks) and pit myself through 6 years of college and need to pay for licenses and have my stupid car fixed so that I can start my new career. This will literally compromise my getting employment-I am still doing it -the appointment is for the consult with the specialist tomorrow-they will keep him over night and the procedure in the am. But, if others have done a different route with good results I would love to hear from you. for example if just the 6- 8 weeks of antibiotics cleared it up.
Does anyone know if the washing is necessary-it is literally my last cent I have spent on him-he is worth it-but if anyone has experience with this the I would love to hear from them. This is monkey at the beach at 2 years-
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Anyway, Sea Monkey is only 4 1/2 and woke up with acute lameness and swelling. I had heard him bump his leg while dreaming the night before and I was watching it. It was non weight bearing and swollen. The next morning there was no improvement so we went to the vet. I am not one to rush after a day of limping but this was obviously something else.-hot and swollen and completely non weight bearing.
Well the X-ray showed arthritis, the microscopic slides showed nothing but the culture showed bacteria. He has septic arthritis and although they can cure the bacteria, I could not believe the amount of bone damage and that he had shown no signs of it-he is bit lazy but I had been hurt myself so we did not do the extensive hiking my other mastiff and I had done-plus it is Florida where I live now and he does not like the heat unless we are swimming.
My question is this-has any one had this experience? It is now 5 days later and he is still limping but the vet suggested going to an animal hospital to have the joint area levaged or rinsed with sterile solution. He is already on antibiotics.
They will again have to put him under 9as again as they did for the X-ray and the culture collection. He was in so much pain I could not have them bending him all around and go through that.
Anyway-sorry it's so long-but I have been so upset. The money I have spent was the last of my savings and I applied for credit and was given it-but I needed this money to start a new job-I was a housewife for years and left a creepy abusive husband and have been living on a strict budget-(he eats better than I do -taste of the wild with a 1/2 cup of Bjorn plus he loves raw chicken as snacks) and pit myself through 6 years of college and need to pay for licenses and have my stupid car fixed so that I can start my new career. This will literally compromise my getting employment-I am still doing it -the appointment is for the consult with the specialist tomorrow-they will keep him over night and the procedure in the am. But, if others have done a different route with good results I would love to hear from you. for example if just the 6- 8 weeks of antibiotics cleared it up.
Does anyone know if the washing is necessary-it is literally my last cent I have spent on him-he is worth it-but if anyone has experience with this the I would love to hear from them. This is monkey at the beach at 2 years-
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