So last Friday, Izzie went in for her 4th
prolotherapy and a dental. Little did I know how much anesthesia she would be
getting and that this would have to be a drop-off rather than a stay and wait,
hour and a half thing. Had I known this,
I would have brought my laptop for work rather than driving the hour back home so
I could get my time in. I knew I wouldn’t
be picking her up until the afternoon so I headed home.
They were already impressed with her teeth for an 11-year-old but she needed to get the tartar off
and check to make sure there were no other issues, so I said go with it. I got
the call to go get her so I headed back up there as quickly as I could. She was
wide awake and ready to go. They were especially wowed by the condition of her
teeth. Said Izzie did not need any extractions and that her teeth were in very
good shape and very healthy, especially
for her age. They were impressed! Yay for me getting credit for being a good dog mom. 😊
She said she did some lateral work and Izzie may have more
pain so administer the pain meds if needed but also that Izzie may not need another
treatment. She said that as the calcification built up, Izzie would do better
sooner and have less pain. I made an appointment for the 5th
treatment just in case and we headed home.
Izzie was hungry and ate when she got home. She also
starting drinking water and getting the anesthesia out of her system. I did
give her pain meds for the night just so
that we all could rest comfortably. Saturday, she was still a little timid,
maybe from the anesthesia but she was eating
and walking on that leg! She also didn’t need any
more pain meds. By Sunday, she was completely back to normal showing no favoritism to the leg. We kept the walking
light until I felt like she really could do more so the real test came on
Tuesday when we took a car ride and then walked the trail. She did it with
minimal limping afterward. Seems like any
limping she has is arthritis after activity
and that may never go away. It’s been great to see her doing so well and to see those beautiful pearly
whites (that I now have to brush every day but she lets me)! We really,
actually may be done with the treatments. Izzie may be back out running the trails by next summer! 🐺 I know that realistically
it will take more time for the joint to
build up and stabilize in order for her to
return to her amount of normal activity, but we were already hiking 2 miles
before this treatment.
So as far as Lillie’s treatments,
she is doing super, and we have started to spread them out since she is doing
so well. She isn’t falling anymore and she seems to really enjoy her walks and
gets very interactive with the smells and sounds more than she did before. The
goal now for Lillie is to get the treatments spread out as far as possible to
maintain her feeling better and keep her as healthy and comfortable as possible for a 13-year-old baby.💜
It’s been quite the journey
so far but I am so grateful for finding our great team of people who’ve helped
me and these babies. It’s also been so stressful emotionally and financially,
and especially hard at times when there are other things going on in our life
that we are dealing with. It gets really hard sometimes...but none of that
matters as long as they are okay. I think we are all going to be okay. 😊💜
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