gyoselyn
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First of all I'm sorry if the post is too long, I'm trying to summarize things but in this situation I'm hoping Corey's experience would help others that are considering surgery.
I have posted before about Corey's sm and our decision to go for the surgery with Dr. Shores. Last week went to Auburn Univ. and Dr. Shores did an MRI and the result was shocking. Corey has 2 syrinxes and one of them is 9mm wide. They were surprised because he didn't show any clinical signs other than scratching. We were upset and after talking to Dr. Shores (he said pretty much surgery is the best option) we stick with the plan and he did the surgery on the next day. It went well and he said that he was happy with the result. He hoped that the syrinxes would get smaller in time if everything goes like he planned. I did however talk to a very nice lady that her dog had surgery 3 years ago and he's doing very and his syrinxes (he has more than 1) has shrunk. The news gave me hope and for people out there that's considering surgery, this is one of the proves that surgery could be successful. They kept Corey from Thurs. (the day of the surgery) and we picked him up on Sat. and considering how well he was recovering they let him go home. But at home is another story. It's been a week and Dr. Shores said that by this time he was expecting that dogs would be walking around with restrictions of course and Corey hasn't done that. He's been laying around and he only walk out of his bed when we got home or when we take him out for doing his businesses. If anyone have had their dogs went through surgery, is this lack of energy, sleep all day normal? I know it's only been 1 week but we're really worried. Currently he's on Gabapentin twice a day and prilosec once a day and these medications never bothered him, so I don't think they're causing this. We took him the vet today and per Dr. Shores recommendation Corey will be in Prednisone twice a day (half pill each time) for 7 days. He had bad experience with it before, but to ease the pain we're willing to try again. I'll keep posted on how he's doing and am hoping that this is temporary. If you have any questions about Dr. Shores and the surgery please pm me. From the experience I really recommended Dr. Shores and his staff. They are amazing and they really care about the dogs and the parents.
Thanks,
I have posted before about Corey's sm and our decision to go for the surgery with Dr. Shores. Last week went to Auburn Univ. and Dr. Shores did an MRI and the result was shocking. Corey has 2 syrinxes and one of them is 9mm wide. They were surprised because he didn't show any clinical signs other than scratching. We were upset and after talking to Dr. Shores (he said pretty much surgery is the best option) we stick with the plan and he did the surgery on the next day. It went well and he said that he was happy with the result. He hoped that the syrinxes would get smaller in time if everything goes like he planned. I did however talk to a very nice lady that her dog had surgery 3 years ago and he's doing very and his syrinxes (he has more than 1) has shrunk. The news gave me hope and for people out there that's considering surgery, this is one of the proves that surgery could be successful. They kept Corey from Thurs. (the day of the surgery) and we picked him up on Sat. and considering how well he was recovering they let him go home. But at home is another story. It's been a week and Dr. Shores said that by this time he was expecting that dogs would be walking around with restrictions of course and Corey hasn't done that. He's been laying around and he only walk out of his bed when we got home or when we take him out for doing his businesses. If anyone have had their dogs went through surgery, is this lack of energy, sleep all day normal? I know it's only been 1 week but we're really worried. Currently he's on Gabapentin twice a day and prilosec once a day and these medications never bothered him, so I don't think they're causing this. We took him the vet today and per Dr. Shores recommendation Corey will be in Prednisone twice a day (half pill each time) for 7 days. He had bad experience with it before, but to ease the pain we're willing to try again. I'll keep posted on how he's doing and am hoping that this is temporary. If you have any questions about Dr. Shores and the surgery please pm me. From the experience I really recommended Dr. Shores and his staff. They are amazing and they really care about the dogs and the parents.
Thanks,