chocolatecoffee
June 24th, 2009, 06:46 PM
So I wrote a while ago (http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=61617) about Panna and her back problems. We tried rest and different medications as advised our regular vet for about two months before taking her into a specialist. He took x-rays which were inconclusive, but showed an area of interest. He suspected a herniated disk or a tumour (which was much less likely) and booked her for a CT scan to go straight into surgery a week later.
She deteriorated quickly and had almost lost the use of her back legs completely, so we took her into emergency and she had surgery early. They actually found a mass on her spine that is quite rare, they said it could have been caused by abuse but they couldn't be sure. That was a week and a half ago, and she had been improving substantially. Although they said recovery could be up to a year, within a few days she was already walking better than she was before the surgery.The only problem was that she was peeing herself, so we kept in touch with the vet who said it probably wasn't anything to worry about since she was recovering well otherwise.
She went in for a check-up today, and was walking much better than she was before. They took her stitches out and went to take a urine sample to figure out why she was peeing herself. When she came back out, she had completely lost the use of her back legs which was entirely unpredictable so they kept her for some more tests.
Since then, they've found that she has a fever, an extremely high heart rate, and extremely elevated levels of potassium. There's fluid in her abdomen and bacteria in that fluid, which could be indicative of anything from a hole in her urinary tract or failed kidneys. She was dehydrated so they gave her some fluids and she just went into surgery about fifteen minutes ago. Since they don't know what's wrong and it's an exploratory surgery it could take anywhere from thirty minutes to a few hours, so we're just waiting...at this point they consider her critical and she might not make it. She's only 6-years-old.
Really just needed a place to vent...please keep Panna in your thoughts and prayers and I'll hopefully update with some good news soon.
She deteriorated quickly and had almost lost the use of her back legs completely, so we took her into emergency and she had surgery early. They actually found a mass on her spine that is quite rare, they said it could have been caused by abuse but they couldn't be sure. That was a week and a half ago, and she had been improving substantially. Although they said recovery could be up to a year, within a few days she was already walking better than she was before the surgery.The only problem was that she was peeing herself, so we kept in touch with the vet who said it probably wasn't anything to worry about since she was recovering well otherwise.
She went in for a check-up today, and was walking much better than she was before. They took her stitches out and went to take a urine sample to figure out why she was peeing herself. When she came back out, she had completely lost the use of her back legs which was entirely unpredictable so they kept her for some more tests.
Since then, they've found that she has a fever, an extremely high heart rate, and extremely elevated levels of potassium. There's fluid in her abdomen and bacteria in that fluid, which could be indicative of anything from a hole in her urinary tract or failed kidneys. She was dehydrated so they gave her some fluids and she just went into surgery about fifteen minutes ago. Since they don't know what's wrong and it's an exploratory surgery it could take anywhere from thirty minutes to a few hours, so we're just waiting...at this point they consider her critical and she might not make it. She's only 6-years-old.
Really just needed a place to vent...please keep Panna in your thoughts and prayers and I'll hopefully update with some good news soon.