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12-29-2010, 08:13 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Biloxi
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| FCE-Spinal stroke This is my first time posting. Im trying to see if anyone else has had this issue with yorkies. Our 2 year old yorkie was playing one night and fell on his back which is not unusual for him...he jump hops and pounces all over the house. That night he had trouble jumping into bed,we figured he was just sleepy. The following night he started off with wobbling..we assumed it was his blood sugar and gave him some karo syrup. A few minutes later his back right leg went limp,he was dragging it but still playing. About 30 minutes later it was BOTH legs completely flaccid. We laid with him on the floor,planning to take him to the vet 1st thing in the morning. About 20 minutes later i was petting him and noticed his tail didnt respond to me while a patted his bottom. This alerted nerve damage to me so we took him to the 24 hour ER vet. They did xrays and blood work. Started iv steroids and pain meds thinking it was a bulging disk. He spent the night, and went straight to his primary vet that morning. He started the morning with deep pain reflexes,which means he recognizes the pain when the vet pinches or squeezes with alot of pressure. Within hours i recieved a phone call from our vet saying he is no longer recognizing the deep pain..which is NOT good.She immediately refferred us to an orthopedic surgeon an hour away. We got to the clinic and signed the papers to go for surgery. While waiting for the doc to call us to let us know how he did.....he called and stated he did NOT do surgery because the mylegram showed no bulging or ruptured disk. Our puppy was in no pain...just could not use his back legs or empty his own bladder. Usually with the disk being ruptured,pain is involved. This eased my mind since it requires no surgery but he is saying its basically a stroke to the spinal cord which is called FCE. The signs and symptoms fit...i just hope we made the right choice with not doing surgery. He assured us he saw nothing on xrays to actually go in and fix surgically. We meet with the vet tomorrow morning to discuss rehab at home until he starts using his legs, IF he does..then he will go to that clinic for more extensive rehab. Does anyone have any experience with this at all???? |
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12-30-2010, 06:49 AM | #2 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Biloxi
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| Just realized i posted under wrong section last night, can this be moved to the sick & injured, sorry. |
12-30-2010, 06:56 AM | #3 |
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12-30-2010, 07:00 AM | #4 |
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12-30-2010, 07:22 AM | #5 |
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| Two years ago, this March, a dear friend of mine had a silkie terrier that had the same thing happen. He was 3 years old and weighted around 14 lbs . One minute he was running around playing, then he was dragging his back leg, then he couldn't walk and was taken to the emergency room. I am sorry to say that he was completely paralyzed within 48 hours had to be put down. It was an extremely traumatic experience for everyone who knew this special dog. The vet told my friend that this is not uncommon in large breed dogs between the ages of 3 - 6 years. But this little one was only 14 lbs. If the silkie had only lost the use of his back legs she would have gotten him one of those little "wheel chair" things. But it was not to be. I am sorry that this has happened to your little one. We will say a prayer for him and hold a good thought for his recovery.
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12-30-2010, 07:52 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Biloxi
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| Just spoke with the vet and cobi has actually regained deep pain in both rear legs, more in the left and a delayed reaction in right. This is good news since he had no deep pain last night. They suggested leavin him again overnight and keeping him on steroids. He is still unable to urinate on his own and needs his bladder expressed. We have a long road of recovery but willing to do whatever it takes. I realize the FCE is extremly rare in yorkies so we are looking for anyone who knows of past cases and recovery results. Any advice for wheelchairs during recovery? Is it possible for a mod to move this to the correct injured section please. |
12-30-2010, 07:43 PM | #8 |
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| Any change today? I'm sorry you're lil one had this happen.
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12-30-2010, 08:02 PM | #9 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Biloxi
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| Coming home tomorrow Cobi comes home tomorrow morning. We bought him some boots thanks to Alldogboots.com to hopefully assist with some walking. He has done therapy today and we will start him on some serious therapy when he gets home along with a tapered down dose of steroids. We got him a fenced in area in the living room in front of the tv so he can still watch cartoons. When we get him home and love on him we will post an update on his condition Thanks all for your concerns |
12-31-2010, 06:40 AM | #10 |
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| I wish more forum people were able to give you advice or insight. What is the expected recovery? Should he gain full usage of his legs again?
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12-31-2010, 06:47 AM | #11 |
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| Just seeing this. Layla's mom linz06 will have some great tips for you. I am going to pm her. In the meantime, I suggest you read the thread about Layla. I think you will find lots of great tips. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...out-layla.html I am happy to hear that your baby has his deep pain reflexes back....that is encouraging. I am sure he will benefit greatly from physical therapy.
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12-31-2010, 06:52 AM | #12 |
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| Here is another thread with where Abby and Kobi are going through degenerative myelopathy in Kobi's rear legs. While it is not quite the same as your story I imagine the therapy and treatment may be similar. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...rear-legs.html
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12-31-2010, 07:00 AM | #13 |
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| I have had quite a few pups go through physical therapy for various conditions and find it a pretty amazing thing to watch! I just googled spinal stroke rehab in dogs and found the following links that are very interesting. It looks like the dog in the videos, Reba, is in worse shape than your Cobi, but it might be of interest to you. Canine Stroke Rehabilitation: Part 1 - Veterinary Medicine Videos - The Doctor's Channel Canine Stroke Rehabilitation: Part 2 - Veterinary Medicine Videos - The Doctor's Channel
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12-31-2010, 07:00 AM | #14 |
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12-31-2010, 08:46 AM | #15 |
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| Did the Orthopeadic surgeon check him for AAI? That can also cause symptoms such as you are describing and unfortunately is becoming much more common in these litle guys......
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