I want to thank you all so much for all your support. Especially Vicki and Val. If Vicki hadn't posted about Bleu's problem I never would have known anything about AAS/AAI. I would have still taken her to the specialist, because I knew she couldn't go on like that, but I wouldn't have known where to steer them.
When the neurologist came in to see Lucy, she chuckled and said, "I hear you've been on the internet". I explained all about Bleu and Baby Bear and that we weren't trying to diagnose her ourselves, we just wanted to make sure she checked for that. Because, I seemed to know what I was talking about and could pinpoint the exact trauma, I didn't have to wait for them to go through all the other tests that Bleu and Bear had to to check for liver shunt, etc. They went right ahead and did the x-rays and CT scans and she was in surgery within a couple of hours.
I was on pins and needles waiting to hear from them. By the time I finally got the good news, I was exhausted. I realized I hadn't slept accept in snatches the whole week. I took a little rest, that's why I didn't post right away.
Val called though and said she'd post the good news for me. Then Vicki called and I knew you all would be informed.
I am truly grateful for all the prayers and candles. I feel that all those prayers helped pull Lucy through. If she had died, at anytime, I would have been devastated, but to lose her on my birthday would have been the worst.
I didn't visit her tonight, as the vet an I both decided it would be best. So I will see her in the morning before I go home. Then I will come back and get her in a couple of days. I have three more Yorkies being boarded and need to get home to see to them. One is expecting. |