Nicki and Elvis
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Hi All
Looking for some advice for my little angel. Elvis has SM and had decompression surgery last June and recovered very well from this. At the minute he is not on any medication he was on steroids and painkillers in March for a period of around 3 weeks when he last had bad episodes. I am just wondering if its best for him to be on constant medication or is it best for him to be off medication for as long as possible.
For the last couple of weeks he has been very lethargic, he is excessively head scratching and constantly licking his paws even waking up through the night licking at them.
On friday evening last he had a really bad episode when he came back in from the garden having been running around with his brother, he was doing a lot of air scratching and came to sit on my lap where he froze snuggled into me I know he was in pain and its breaking my heart to see him like this :bang:. My vet wants to keep him off meds for as long as possible but is it time to give in???
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Looking for some advice for my little angel. Elvis has SM and had decompression surgery last June and recovered very well from this. At the minute he is not on any medication he was on steroids and painkillers in March for a period of around 3 weeks when he last had bad episodes. I am just wondering if its best for him to be on constant medication or is it best for him to be off medication for as long as possible.
For the last couple of weeks he has been very lethargic, he is excessively head scratching and constantly licking his paws even waking up through the night licking at them.
On friday evening last he had a really bad episode when he came back in from the garden having been running around with his brother, he was doing a lot of air scratching and came to sit on my lap where he froze snuggled into me I know he was in pain and its breaking my heart to see him like this :bang:. My vet wants to keep him off meds for as long as possible but is it time to give in???
Any advice would be greatly appreciated