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Originally Posted by Maximo  I am praying for Remy that the neurologist will have more answers and suggestions for you tomorrow.
What kind of symptoms does she have? I can imagine that it is difficult to isolate with everything she has going on. When Max and Teddy were injured, they were reluctant to turn their heads in one direction. The vet and I could also feel the spasm of the muscle from the pain. Max wanted to lie down straight with his head straight too. They were a little reluctant to bend to eat, but not as much as a dog with a disc problem, for instance.
I think it came from whipping their heads around. Teddy's happened while wrestling. I didn't witness when Max's happened, but he is really hard on his neck -- I had to take away his bed underneath my chair because of the way he was bending his neck. Max took about 3 - 4 days to fully recover. He has had a couple of recurrences and bounced back faster.
Maybe with Remy's head tilt (if she is still doing that) she has put more strain on her neck/shoulders? |
I think... know ... I caused the muscle pull. Thank goodness she does not have the head tilt that is part of encephalitis symptoms any more. I picked Remy up by her harness and she yelped. I though maybe I pulled her hair but after that she would yelp when I pick her up with my hands. My dh and I have been careful to use two hands to support her after that. She is pulling that leg up and not wanting to put weight on it. If one of the other dogs bump her in bed she yelps. The vet said if could be a nerve pinch or muscle pull....
Bailey has had injuries like your boys... he even hurt one of the disk in his back. All injury of our babies are scary and frightening. I had to sleep downstairs with him for several days and take away his favorite toy because he would shakes his head so when playing with it. He is a real killer lol.
Remy just has not been herself for about a week... it could be the pain from her leg or more... but after talking to a couple of other friends I truly think it could be the reduction in her meds and combination of the pain from her front leg. The decline in her behavior and the timing of the reduction of meds are tooooo coincidental. I didnt see that at first...
Thank you for all your advise... that is one of the great things about this site we help each other. I appreciate all of you.