to answer some questions.
The limp seems like left hind leg with a compensating right hind leg. Its been present for over a month now. I am going to take her back to the chiro/acupunc to get realigned as I'm sure her spine is out of alignment now.
Her muscle atrophy started in the left hind leg but now with GI distress she has no muscle/bulk to her anywhere all skin and bones now. (she has only had formed stool with all of this for about 5 days) I thought she cannot sustain on rice and chicken alone. I tried getting canned food in her (HUGE MISTAKE and yes it was a minimal amount mixed in her puree homemake meal) so we are back to chicken and rice.
She has been seen by 2 different orthopedics and both agree that it is neurological. Which makes sense with the loss of muscle tone to her esophagus too.
Megaesophagus can be acquired vs congenital. Myasthnia gravis seemed like the perfect diagnosis but her blood titer doesn't seem to show this. I am still not sure if the exact numbers as the vet called and left a msg. He said the chances of her having MG is rare with her titer levels. I might ask neuro to try the Tensilin test.
Our consult with neurology occurs next Friday. Thank you for all your feedback/thoughts/possible diagnosises. |