Mandy's Maisy 1/19/2017 Surgery —Cockapoo

Mandy, very hard to see what the legs are doing. Maybe you'll have an opportunity to move the camera closer so we can watch the legs.

Here is information to help you understand what spinal walking is plus a video of a dog who is spinal walking:
www.dodgerslist.com/literature/IVDDcourse/spinal_walking.html

It has been a while...no change in Maisy's status, just a happy dog with no deep pain. So, Maisy has no deep pain per 2 different neurologists, but she can wag her tail and sniff and pee (one of them has seen Maisy do it every week when she goes for therapy). They say she is an anomaly.

This week the neurologist at her rehab place asked me if i would be interested in trying a medication that has recently been studied to see if it helps her walk. She is researching the potential side effects and cost before we go any further.

Have you heard of any meds recently that are being used. I forgot to ask the name of the med at this point . On another note, interestingly enough I brought Maisy to a new therapy place and she no longer has chronic UTI's. She has only had one UTI since February where as before she went for an entire year without going for more than 5 days without one.

Here is a video showing how great life can still be for a paralyzed dog.

That's awesome!! Maisy looks so happy. It just goes to show that dogs don't care how they get around.

Any experience with allergies in paralyzed dogs? Maisy has always had allergies. This spring and summer have been pretty bad in terms of the amount she is rubbing her face on the ground and wanting me to itch her. My experience in the past is Apoquel has not helped her. I went to using Benadryl 25mg 2XD, which also didn't help. My vet said to try Claritin or Zyrtec. I tried Claritin and it didn't seem to help much but more concerning is the potential side of effect of urinary retention. I stopped it today because it has been much harder to express her the past couple of days. Zyrtec has the same potential side effect. I am hoping it the med making it difficult and we are not on our way to another UTI. Other thoughts?

On another note, her neurologist wants to try a medication that was used in a trial at North Carolina State for dogs with no deep pain. They have been calling around but no one will ship it over state lines. Anyone heard of the study or heard about t-butyl? I have the study is anyone wants to read it [ cvm.ncsu.edu/canine-paralysis-study-suggests-spinal-cord-injuries-require-customized-treatments/ ]