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Originally Posted by Rhondaj  Hi,
To everyone who was so kind and pointed me to all kinds of wonderful information, I can't thank you enough.
So this is what I have been up to for my little girl. I took Maggie to a Chiropractor/Acupunture Vet who after looking at her x-rays and then doing an exam of Maggie. Could tell that her injury was very old (I think she may have had this problem prior to coming to me from what she said) but felt that her back disc was doing really well as she was not tender to the touch at all.
The left side of her neck disc was still tender to the touch. So at this time she did not feel Maggie was a up to Chiropractic care but that she would bennifit from acupunture and muscle relaxers added to the rimadyl she is still on. She also asked if I had Maggie on heartworm as she did NOT want me giving her those while I was giving her the rimadyl.
So we followed her advice we did acupunture which seem to be painless for Maggie. But I was amazed at how much better she was that night. Acting like her old self, I actually had to pick her up and hold her so she would not run around. I can't even remember the last time she wanted to run around. We started her on the muscle relaxers that night and every day seems to see her getting better and better.
We did have a problem in week two with lack of bowel movements but greenbeans seem to have helped to put her back on her normal schedule.
Tomorrow I take Maggie back for another acupunture session. Maggie has really improved so much after just one session that she is back to her nightly pain in the but, I just love it!!!
Thank you all for your advice links and interest!
Rhonda |
May I ask how long this person advised you to stop heartworm preventatives? That sounds dangerous to me. If I were you, I would discuss this with your vet.
Dogs can get heartworms from ONE mosquito bite and it is summer up there by you. The treatment for heartworms is painful and also can kill them. Just a little FYI for you.
I have never heard of stopping Heartworm preventatives when a dog is on Rimadyl. I guess anything is possible, but I would NOT be knowingly leaving my pup open to contracting heartworms.
Good luck to you!