Well it has been a while since my last posting. Over the past year Buddy has been progressing slowing but steadily. He sees Dr Lena about once a month, we just saw her on Thursday 3/6/2008. During that visit Buddy was energetic and actually rather obnoxious, he shook his needles out and begged for treats.... Lena and I discussed his progress and had planned to increase the time between treatments as he was doing so well. That was Thursday....Friday morning Buddy seemed extra tired and somewhat lazy and out of it. I was rushing to get to work and did not make much of it... when I got home from work Friday afternoon I discovered that Buddy had suffered a set back and could not walk and was in some pain. I called Lena, she came to the house and treated him right away. He is back in confinement (and pissed BTW), on 25mg of Rimadyl, and will see Lena for acupuncture weekly. Overall we are not sure if he pulled a muscle or if this incident is more serious.
In general, he is roughly where he was a year ago, he can get around easily by scooting on his knees, goes to potty on his own and tries to stand up but is very wobbly. As usual when Buddy goes through one of these events, I am more upset than he is. It really bothers me to keep him confined and see him struggle so much.
Adding to this, my life is much more complicated this time as I am traveling significantly more then normal and will be out of town this week and next week as well. Buddy will be staying at Lien Animal Clinic while I am gone and gets good care there but I would prefer to be the one caring for him during this critical time.
Keep Buddy (and me!) in your thoughts, lets all pray for a quick recovery..... Cheers!
