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Originally Posted by lisaly  Poor little Tibbe and you, too. I pray that Tibbe and his special mom heal quickly and feel better soon. |
Thank you, sweet Lisa. Seems like we both need all the prayers and good thoughts we can get lately! Can't explain all Tibbe's long line of woes except to say at least so far they've been fairly easy to treat/manage things - nothing horrible or drastic but I can't recall another dog I've had who's has as many problems as Tibbe - poor baby. Jilly, being born a tiny runt, was always sickly with her GI problems but that was it - she was otherwise.
Vet said she couldn't palpate any unusual findings or reproduce any pain in his left forefoot, leg or joints along the limb and thinks the unusual jumping on and off the bed strain is behind it. Said she examined the pads, between the toes, etc., under the magnifier to see if there were a splinter or cut or anything - saw nothing. Hates to start him on NSAID's with his compromised liver unless the problem persists and I agree. If he has to take them, we'll have to do pre-medication blood testing to be sure his liver is up to it. He doesn't limp but when he's standing or sitting, he just suddenly holds his left foot up, which he's never done before yesterday morning. He's on rest, no jumping or playing and I lift him most times he wants up or down from the couch. We spent last night camping in the den as it's easier for to life him onto the couch then the bed and this morning I'm the one who is paying the price! Couch sleeping is not recommended except for the very young!
The vet started him on an antibiotic, steroid combination eye drop twice daily for the eye redness - both eyes were bloodshot - it's just the right is worse - and wonders if it started from the dust unearthed from the deep cleaning the housecleaners were doing Wednesday(we were confined to the back of the house with doors closed except for when he had to go potty while they were here). Said it could have been some cleaning fumes he walked into or a combination of dust, cleaner fumes when we came through to go outside. I hadn't had this house deep-cleaned for over two years and believe me, it was long overdue. But poor Tibbe paid the price!