Blondiemonster
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Thank you all for your replies...just a short update:
Dr. Rusbridge emailed me back and I sent her my MRI. For anyone wondering, a phone consult is 190 pounds. Yeah, I see myself filing bankruptcy now... She'll review the MRI later this week and we are setting up the consult for next week. I also spoke with a trusted neurosurgeon in the US (did two surgeries on a friend of mine's dogs years ago and the dogs are both alive and well) and he said right now that although her symptoms seem "bad," she only has one small syrinx and can most likely be controlled with meds for now. He does not recommend surgery at this time because there are no guarantees and he isn't confident she'd fare any better at this time than with meds, but to MRI her in three months to see if the syrinx has gotten bigger or if any new ones have formed and to reevaluate then.
For anyone who asked about insurance, I don't have it and here's why. The only US carrier that covers Americans living abroad is VPI as far as I know and they do NOT cover any type of hereditary condition like SM or the care for it. Trupanion, 24 Petwatch, etc. are not available to me in France. French carriers do not cover SM and the problem now is that when I move back to the US and get insurance then (if i decide to), this SM is a preexisting condition so even if Trupanion did cover some of the care, they wouldn't in the future since it's preexisting.
Thanks again for all your well wishes. I feel a little calmer today knowing that I'll be speaking to Clare soon and am doing everything humanly possible for this little girl. I'll update this thread when I have some news.
Is this neurosurgeon dr.west by any chance? Sounds exactly like something he would recommend. U can PM me.
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