Sabby
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Well we went to see the vets last night and I don’t know where to start. The vet said he is surprised that the pain killers are not doing their job, but every dog is different and responds different to certain medicine.
He was moving his leg, shoulder and neck about and Harley didn’t like it when he turned his neck to the right. The vet said that it could be any of the three but Harley seems more sore in his elbow but as the Xrays didn’t show anything it could be soft tissue damage, ligament or muscle or even siatica, trapped nerve or maybe SM. As he thinks it’s an Agility injury he doesn’t think its SM. He said it could take anything up to 6 month to get better, but I don’t like that we don’t know exactly what we are dealing with. He said we can do an MRI Scan and he would have to inject some colourer fluid into his bone. But there would be no guarantee that even an MRI will show anything. I really don’t know what to do. Put him through another anaesthetic for an MRI that maybe not going to tell us anything? But I can’t see myself wait for another 2 month to see if he gets better. The MRI Scanner is there once a month, it will be there week after next, is that too soon should I give him a bit longer to see if he gets better then have him scanned in 6 weeks? Then I have to deal with the insurance about a pre authorisation for the scan. When I was dealing with Ebony’s problems it was terrible but at least I knew what I was dealing with, not knowing what is wrong with Harley is what bothers me.
He was moving his leg, shoulder and neck about and Harley didn’t like it when he turned his neck to the right. The vet said that it could be any of the three but Harley seems more sore in his elbow but as the Xrays didn’t show anything it could be soft tissue damage, ligament or muscle or even siatica, trapped nerve or maybe SM. As he thinks it’s an Agility injury he doesn’t think its SM. He said it could take anything up to 6 month to get better, but I don’t like that we don’t know exactly what we are dealing with. He said we can do an MRI Scan and he would have to inject some colourer fluid into his bone. But there would be no guarantee that even an MRI will show anything. I really don’t know what to do. Put him through another anaesthetic for an MRI that maybe not going to tell us anything? But I can’t see myself wait for another 2 month to see if he gets better. The MRI Scanner is there once a month, it will be there week after next, is that too soon should I give him a bit longer to see if he gets better then have him scanned in 6 weeks? Then I have to deal with the insurance about a pre authorisation for the scan. When I was dealing with Ebony’s problems it was terrible but at least I knew what I was dealing with, not knowing what is wrong with Harley is what bothers me.