Sandrac
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Have had suspicions for a while now that Minnie might have SM. Her symptoms are very subtle and if it was not for what I have learnt over the past couple of years about SM I might well have thought, like so many others, that they were just behaviours that Minnie did. She has also had a few episodes of unexplained lameness which my vet had put down to hurting her back when she did Agility.
So when I saw that Mark was arranging a day of scans at Stone Lion with Clare Rusbridge I put Minnie forward to have one done. She went for her scan on Thursday and I got the results through last night.
My suspicions were confirmed the MRI images reveal she has:
Chiari like malformation of the caudal skull.
Dilatation of the central canal - 7mm wide syrinx centred C2
Moderate Ventricular Dilatation
Mucoid material in both tympanic bullae
I'm getting her referred to Clare Rusbridge (luckily she is not too far away) in order to get her on a treatment regime and to get a better understanding of what we are dealing with.
Obviously am quite upset at the moment but at least I can move forward and get the best possible treatment for her.
This forum has been an enormous help and I know that without it and the information I have learnt over the past couple of years from it I would probably not have realised.
Minnie's symptoms - none of them are what I call obsessive.
- Rubbing her head - mainly in the mornings before she goes out for a walk.
- Biting her back leg/paw - very occasional and not for very long.
- Squealing when being greeted by people when they fondle her head - again has only happened very occasionally.
- Head shy when going to make a fuss of her - she often backs away.
- If I put her lead onto her collar (which I only do if I'm doing obedience work) she will stop and scratch - but does NOT air scratch, and only scratch a couple of times.
- Occasional scooting - anal glands checked and were more than often OK.
- Lameness - by this she is not actually lame, but shows that there is a problem by walking up the stairs very gingerly, instead of flying up like she usually does. And inability to jump on bed or furniture. In the past this has lasted a couple of days and we've treated her with rimadyl. The last occasion was a couple of months ago and it lasted for just over a week - the longest yet.
Apart from this she is a very active and excitable little girl who thoroughly enjoys life.
:xfngr: with Clare's help she will continue to do so.
So when I saw that Mark was arranging a day of scans at Stone Lion with Clare Rusbridge I put Minnie forward to have one done. She went for her scan on Thursday and I got the results through last night.
My suspicions were confirmed the MRI images reveal she has:
Chiari like malformation of the caudal skull.
Dilatation of the central canal - 7mm wide syrinx centred C2
Moderate Ventricular Dilatation
Mucoid material in both tympanic bullae
I'm getting her referred to Clare Rusbridge (luckily she is not too far away) in order to get her on a treatment regime and to get a better understanding of what we are dealing with.
Obviously am quite upset at the moment but at least I can move forward and get the best possible treatment for her.
This forum has been an enormous help and I know that without it and the information I have learnt over the past couple of years from it I would probably not have realised.
Minnie's symptoms - none of them are what I call obsessive.
- Rubbing her head - mainly in the mornings before she goes out for a walk.
- Biting her back leg/paw - very occasional and not for very long.
- Squealing when being greeted by people when they fondle her head - again has only happened very occasionally.
- Head shy when going to make a fuss of her - she often backs away.
- If I put her lead onto her collar (which I only do if I'm doing obedience work) she will stop and scratch - but does NOT air scratch, and only scratch a couple of times.
- Occasional scooting - anal glands checked and were more than often OK.
- Lameness - by this she is not actually lame, but shows that there is a problem by walking up the stairs very gingerly, instead of flying up like she usually does. And inability to jump on bed or furniture. In the past this has lasted a couple of days and we've treated her with rimadyl. The last occasion was a couple of months ago and it lasted for just over a week - the longest yet.
Apart from this she is a very active and excitable little girl who thoroughly enjoys life.
:xfngr: with Clare's help she will continue to do so.
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