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10-14-2006, 10:17 AM | #16 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas
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| I am so happy for you and Pippa. I really thought something was seriously wrong. You must be so relieved. |
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10-14-2006, 10:26 AM | #17 |
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| WOOOO HOOO!!!! Great news! |
10-14-2006, 11:00 AM | #18 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Whew!! Thank you for the update. Our little ones can sure put a scare into us at times! I am sorry that I wrote 'Pippin' instead of 'Pippa' in my first response. My Shankly did something very similar right after he came home with us, about a month later. He (for no apparent reason at all) started shaking uncontrollably and got all wobbly. He hung his head like he was despondent, as well. We rushed him to the hospital and by the time the Doctor looked at him, he was playing and bouncing around. |
10-14-2006, 01:05 PM | #19 |
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| Yeahhhh...this is the best news I've heard in a long time! I'm so glad...now you can get some much needed sleep!
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10-14-2006, 06:48 PM | #20 |
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| I'm so glad she is o.k
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10-14-2006, 08:52 PM | #21 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Florida
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| Your baby Hi, I am 98% sure I may know what is wrong with your baby... Altantoaxial Instability! It is classic what you posted! And they can return to walking.. But the problem will return! Very important to get check out.. The reason they stop walking is compression on spinal cord.. They can be born with a defect that alow the C1 and C2 to shift.. If baby has AAI.. they will be down again... as this will shift again.. I do not want to scare you.. but this shift can cause respiratory failure. and sudden death if spinal cord is severed.. Mine fell many more times, and this never happened but I have read that it can.. so wanted to caution you... This is a correctable condition! Please fell free to contact me... This condition is often not diagnosed... I was seen by many vets before finding the Dx... I can name 3 others that had the same thing.. going to many vets.. Nell.. email address: juannell@msn.com... Please contact me any time... |
10-15-2006, 08:43 AM | #22 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Maine
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| Hi Pippa's mom, I just want to say yes I agree with Nell. I am one of the mom's she is talking about that has a baby with AAI. And he was playing one day in May and all of a sudden he fell to his side and started to seeze(sp?) and then he went limp and his tongue hung out of his mouth. I was rushing him to the vet and he got up and started to run around the truck. He was back to normal except he was walking a little sideways. I took him to the vet and they told me it was a pinched nerve. Sent me home with meds (muscle relaxers). He was fine until July 29, when he jumped off my lap and broke his neck. This happened because of the AAI. He was born with this condition. It goes unsight unseen by many vets. Babybear's neck was broken and the vet told me that he had Liver Shunts.(misdiagnosis) I got a second opinion and found that his neck was broke and he had AAI. He had this the first time he went for the fall in May. I don't want to scare you either. But please have him checked for this, because if it is AAI you can have it fixed. My babybear is living proof of that. His neck was broken so bad it was decappitated. He was lucky to be alive. He isn't walking yet but that was 11 weeks ago yesterday that this happend. So please I beg you have him checked ASAP. I don't want to see another mom go through what I went through with my little guy. Val and Babybear |
10-15-2006, 09:12 AM | #23 | |
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I'm glad to hear that Pippa is doing better. I was worried!
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10-15-2006, 09:16 AM | #24 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Maine
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| Doctor said internal decapitation(sp?) sorry. I had his head held a certian way the whole time I went through this ordeal with him. When he moved it in a differant direction he stopped breathing. |
10-15-2006, 09:40 AM | #25 |
Its all about the yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Jersey
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| Please look further into this, they are right, if Pippa has this surgery can fix this and help her live a normal life. You dont want to mess with AAI
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10-15-2006, 02:20 PM | #26 |
Razorback Yorkie Lover Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bentonville, AR
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| OMG! I am definetely going to look further into this everyone. I am very thankful for everyone who posted about AAI..how scary! I am looking up as much information as I can and will contact my Vet. My goodness...I wonder where you have to go to get surgery for this????
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10-15-2006, 03:01 PM | #27 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Maine
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| I had Babybear's surgery done at a Emergancy Hospital. You would want a neurologist to do this type of surgery. I am so glad you are going to look into it. I would hate to see someone go through what I have with my little guy. And it can be detected by a x-ray. Please keep us posted on how Pippa is doing. Val |
10-15-2006, 03:17 PM | #28 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Washington State
Posts: 30
| Ok now you all have me worried, as well. Shankly wobbled one day and seemed to not be able to walk properly. It lasted about and hour or so and since then, he has done this recently. When I took Shanks in for his check up, the vet did this test where she tucked his front paw under to see if he would straighten it out, and he didn't right away. He finally did, but she (vet) was a bit disturbed at how his response was delayed. However, she tried it again and he suddenly didn't seem to want to leave it tucked under...everytime after that. I don't want to be one of them pet owners that run to the doc for every little illness, they make a good living on those of us who do. But I do want my Shanks checked for this. Is it an xray only? I didn't mean to hijack your thread, Tmatherly, but I am very concerned about this. |
10-15-2006, 03:35 PM | #29 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Maine
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| Here is the site I was sent to learn more about AAI Hi Ebby, We don't mean to scare anyone just would like to inform before anything bad happens. I have a site here that you will get some good info from. It was sent to me when I first came to the boards for some help. I hope this better helps you and Pippa's mom. And anyone out there that is worrying. I will bump my first post so you can see Babybear's story. http://www.petplace.com/dogs/atlanto...ion/page1.aspx Any questions I would gladly answer if I can. PM me if you wish. Val PS: Thread name New member Big problem. Last edited by Mybabe4me; 10-15-2006 at 03:38 PM. |
10-15-2006, 04:07 PM | #30 |
Razorback Yorkie Lover Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bentonville, AR
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| Ebby-it's ok!!! I am going to talk to my vet and ask for an xray. X-rays are relatively inexpensive compared to MRI or CT's. I am worried, too. But I've decided to try and stay calm until I see an Xray result. There's not a lot of information on the web-I'm disapointed in that. But I did manage to see some normal vs. AAI xrays on a little yorkie named Mini that was in a rescue organization.
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