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Originally Posted by tsingh  Update on loki: I am now being refereed to Cascade Veterinary referral center. They got a pretty good rating so I am hopeful they can help us. Banfiled docs were not able to help us..
whats interesting is this : Loki favors his back left foot, yet the pain (which the doctor indicates) is on his right side- I noticed when she touches his limping leg- he allows her to pull, and touch, but when he touches his right side they are not able to.
This is way confusing.. Any suggestions? Loki has a 8:30am apt this Thursday, and I pray we can find out. |
This may sound *way* crazy but are you absolutely sure the limping is happening on the left side.... Although you did mention earlier one vet on palpation of the right knee noticed a *slippage* or another term is LP.
Pstinard (Phil) has a reasonable theory. Usuage / overusage of the right leg has cause a muscle strain or some other painfull condition.
My next theory is that the lumbosacral area and their nerve roots are somehow affected, and lifting up the left leg actually relieves the nerve root pressure, but lifting up of the right leg increases the pressure on the nerve root so that the dog is reluctant to lift or have palpation done on the right leg.
I think that as hard as it is to wait, Thurs is not so far away, and hopefully their clinicians will find the answer!