Hello all,
I am posting this in hopes that someone will have some words of wisdom to guide me. Recently I had to take Cassie to the dentist because my doctors felt a couple of teeth needed to be extracted, as she was getting constant upper respiratory infections. The surgery went well and she seemed to be doing okay when she all of a sudden came down with pneumonia, I think it was aspiration pneumonia. She was in the ER for a week and we didn't think she was going to make it. Thank god she did make it, but I had to take her back several times for a recheck and during the X-rays and observations the doctors presented me with the following: They think she may have hydrocephalous, they say she has a very small liver and may have liver shunt (small possibility) or micro displasia ? something which may or may not cause her trouble over the years, and then they had a surgeon speak with me about AA instability? It seems her neck and spine are deformed and that is why she hops around instead of walks. They say she could die if she hit her head the wrong way, but the surgery to correct it is very risky. She is only 2lbs and 5 years old. I am waiting to talk with my wholistic vet about all this, but in the meantime I am very worried and feel very much alone. She hasn't called me back yet for a consult, an appointment or t/w the ER doc about the findings yet. I am afraid for her to shake her head, to hop jump like she does or for her to get too excited. I'm so upset, I don't know which thing to address first. They think by far the most dangerous thing is the AA instability, and that if she does have hydrocephalus, it is mild. Also they can't see a liver shunt on the tests, but she was not really holding still for them. They think there might be something with the liver, but probably not as much to worry about as the AA thing. I'm sick with worry. I'm terrified of doing the surgery, and terrified of not doing it. Any words of wisdom would be welcome.
TIA Shellie
