Hey everyone, very glad to come across this site!
I have two little ones:
Parker a 5yr. Old yorkie
&
Cody a 4yr old yorkie/silky...we adopted him as a pup as a yorkie..but our vet says he's a silky.
My husband and I are hoping that we can learn more about what Cody is currently going through. Thanks I'm advance to all your input.
The situation:
5/25- Cody was playing fetch before bed as usual...after, my husband picked him up and he hellicoptered(when he squirmed with his head going clockwise, with his rear going counter clockwise).
At that time he went stiff with his neck all the way back and his legs fully extended. He put him on the carpet and Cody could not walk/stand and fell over.
He looked to be struggling to breath, and tried to get back up. At this point his front right leg was straight out, and his back left was dragging as he tried to walk/stand( looked like he was intoxicated).we both thought we were loosing
-we rushed Cody up to the emergency vet, being the time was 11PM. Upon inspection by that vet..he was lethargic, but wanted to try to stand. His neck was sore to the touch, and weight distribution was still off.
The vet suggested a shot of Torbugesic, to assist with the pain and make him drowsy. He also said we needed to take him in for radiographs first thing in the AM
That nite he passed out and did not wake until we picked him up to take to
Him to our normal vet
5/26:
-at 7AM he went in for radiographs and another inspection. This AM he was able to stand, and do his business on his own...however he was very shaky on his legs.
-the doc sent the radiographs to an expert and scheduled an appointment around lunchtime for us to come back. They were worries that it's was atlantoaxil issues.
-We got great news at our follow up appointment
The expert could find nothing wrong from the images provided...but did not rule out some type of disc slip.
Our local vet said we need to crate him for 6 weeks..and prescribed a steriod(prednisone) and a muscle relaxer(robaxin). She said that if after a week or two he still was nit back to normal, we would need an MRI.
5/27:
Cody seemed more like himself today...but is stressed out because he wants to go in walks and chase the birds that land in the yard...
I will continue to post progress and get pictures up as well.
Can anyone help diagnose what we are going through. We love this little guy and can't stand to see him like this.
Thanks again!
B