Ddavis
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Megan is going for an MRI scan tomorrow.
On the evening of 20th December I noticed she had gone paralyzed on the right hand side of her face. She was at the vet the next day and he immediately suspected a problem with the ears and she was booked in the following day for an ear check under anesthetic.
Turns out her eardrum was bulging outwards into the ear canal and that there was thick mucus behind the eardrum. The vet was not sure what it was at the time. We have since discovered the condition PSOM and suspect that. She was treated with cortisone and an antibiotic.
Currently the paralysis has not improved and a day or two after her antibiotics finished I had her at the vet again and her eardrum had started bulging again.
My vet then spoke to other vests and their opinion is that the paralysis is maybe not related to the ear problem … they are mentioning that dreaded word, SM!
Personally I have doubts in that there are no other symptoms like ‘air-scratching’ etc, but it would be good to either confirm or disprove it. I just find it strange that the first thing the vet wants to investigate regarding the paralysis is the ears .. now maybe it’s not the ears.
The paralysis is the whole right side of her face from the ear to the bottom jaw. I put tear gel in the eye a couple of times a day because the eyelid stays open. She has a very definite head tilt but at least the eye jumping (which she had on the first visit to the vet) has stopped which is confirmed by her better balance.
I am very nervous of what will be found, but I also want to know what the problem is. I am just worried that the PSOM is now not really being treated. However I hope that after the MRI, what ever is the problem can be treated as well as the ears.
So, one more sleepless night before her scan.
On the evening of 20th December I noticed she had gone paralyzed on the right hand side of her face. She was at the vet the next day and he immediately suspected a problem with the ears and she was booked in the following day for an ear check under anesthetic.
Turns out her eardrum was bulging outwards into the ear canal and that there was thick mucus behind the eardrum. The vet was not sure what it was at the time. We have since discovered the condition PSOM and suspect that. She was treated with cortisone and an antibiotic.
Currently the paralysis has not improved and a day or two after her antibiotics finished I had her at the vet again and her eardrum had started bulging again.
My vet then spoke to other vests and their opinion is that the paralysis is maybe not related to the ear problem … they are mentioning that dreaded word, SM!
Personally I have doubts in that there are no other symptoms like ‘air-scratching’ etc, but it would be good to either confirm or disprove it. I just find it strange that the first thing the vet wants to investigate regarding the paralysis is the ears .. now maybe it’s not the ears.
The paralysis is the whole right side of her face from the ear to the bottom jaw. I put tear gel in the eye a couple of times a day because the eyelid stays open. She has a very definite head tilt but at least the eye jumping (which she had on the first visit to the vet) has stopped which is confirmed by her better balance.
I am very nervous of what will be found, but I also want to know what the problem is. I am just worried that the PSOM is now not really being treated. However I hope that after the MRI, what ever is the problem can be treated as well as the ears.
So, one more sleepless night before her scan.