Please help our Charlie
 

Can someone Please Help me with Charlie, he is a wonderful 3 yr. old Yorkie. 3 weeks ago Charlie was given a ¼ piece of Tylenol to help with a sore shoulder. A vet told my wife to give him the dose. Within 30 min of hem taking the pill he starts up chucking and falling over and his head started drawing to one side. We rush Charlie to the emergency vet room where he was given IVs and x rayed for any broken bones. After being in the care of the vet for 4 days, he could not walk and could barley hold his head up. The vet didn’t have a clue to what happened to Charlie. We bring him home and decide to take him to another Vet, here he was given high doses of steroid shots and observed. It’s now been 3 weeks now and Charlie still cannot walk. He has felling in his feet and legs, when you pull at his foot he will pull it back under him. He can now hold his head up. He eats and drinks like a pig. When he needs to go to the bathroom he will alert us with his usual bark. When we hold his favorite treat in front of him he will try to lightly push with his back legs. He seems very tired but he is very much alert and aware of what is going on. My wife stays up all night with him making sure he is comfortable and so he doesn’t lay to long on one side. If anyone has any advice our family would greatly appreciate it. We would hate to loose our friend Charlie.

Oh my, Poor charlie. You came to the right place for support, maybe someone here has had experiance with these symptoms. Wishing Charlie a speedy recovery.

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HEARTBREAKING! Perhaps it was the Tylenol? Did he ingest something poisonous I wonder? I'm so sorry that he is going through this! Can you do a phone consult w/ a vet school or something?

What about blood values - liver, kidney, white cells etc?

I am so sorry for Charlie! One of my dogs has been on steroids several times and that makes him VERY hungry. He also gains weight, but then loses it. I have never heard of giving a dog Tylenol before...I sure hope your vet didn't make a bad decision on that. I sure do hope Charlie recovers fully and quickly. I will be praying for him.

Nothing showed up in his blood work. It all tested OK.

Good news! Hopefully he is on his way back to good health!

Tylenol is very bad for dogs! i have no idea why your vet told you to give this to him. check out this site http://www.petplace.com/dogs/acetami...ogs/page1.aspx sounds like he already had stage one and two.

if you want to give pain meds at home for your dog please only use aspirin and even this can cause problems if given alot.

I thought Tylenol are dangerous to dogs? Correct me if I am wrong..just thought I heard this somewhere.

Sometimes you can consult with a veterinary school. They have all the latest equipment and tests, and are not very expensive. If you have one in your area I would call them. Prayers are coming for your baby.

If he has a liver condition that you don't know about, the tylenol could have aggravated this condition even more. If I were you, I would have a bile acid test done on this furbaby...It's much more sensitive to liver function that regular bloodwork. Reg. bloodwork won't show an abnormality in the liver until it is 70% damaged, that's why a bile acid test is suggested instead to check liver function...

Google & Tylenol
 

Tylenol and Generic Acetaminophen can cause
IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE to LIVER and other organs
Known Tylenol Side Effects In Pets
Lack of Coordination
Vomiting
Depression
Abdominal Pain
Total Anorexia

http://www.always-healthy-people-and...d-tylenol.html

It sounds like a toxic reaction and severe. Warmly, Deborah

I am so sorry to hear about poor Charlie and his struggle. It does sound like the tylenol may be what caused his medical problems. Poor baby. I will say a prayer for him to recover and be back to a healthy, happy yorkie.

I am so sorry about this, I hope Charlie has a speed recovery, and i'm willing to bet it's the tylenol. Tylenol is pretty much toxic period, but especially to animals....baby aspirin only. There is an ingredient in tylenol that makes it "tylenol" and just fries your liver, so imagine what it does to our fragile little babies. I would take definite action against that vet!

I am so sorry about this, I hope Charlie has a speed recovery, and i'm willing to bet it's the tylenol. Tylenol is pretty much toxic period, but especially to animals....baby aspirin only. There is an ingredient in tylenol that makes it "tylenol" and just fries your liver, so imagine what it does to our fragile little babies. I would take definite action against that vet!

Sorry for your Charlie. Tylenol is so bad. My vet gave us Meloxicam or Mobic to use as an antiinflammatory when Bella hurt her leg. The Vet should have known better. How sad.

Sorry to hear about Charlie. I hope he recovers soon.
Sending lots of get well wishes.

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I am sorry to hear about your Yorkie. Please run a bile acid test on him.

I feel so bad for all of you. It does sound like the Tylenol.
Hopefully Charlie will get better. I would certainly send that
article, which I could not view, to the vet's office.
Prayer's coming that he will recover.

Archie, I got tired of the junk mail too. I just use an email address separate from my private one so anyone can send me all the junk they want and I don't have to read it...:p

I am so sorry to hear about your furbaby. It does sound like it was the tylenol. I pray that he has a safe and speedy full recovery.

Oh, I'm so sorry to read this...I hope Charlie has a speedy recovery. This is just so sad and scary. Please keep us updated and know that you are in the hearts and prayers of many here.

Any update on this little fella?

Charlie is in good sprits, no voluntary movement of the legs, but he can move his head and neck. He is eating well and responds to questions. This little guy could jump and run laps around the house like there was no tomorrow. I don’t know how he did it but he would always give the family a 30 second warning before anyone came to the door, but now he just lays there. We are lucky to have a family member that watches him during the day while my wife and I are at work. He gets exercised 3 times a day and I am continuing to give him steroid shots every other day. I have contacted a veterinary hospital school but have gotten no response. I may need to get a local vet to refer me, I’m not sure. Its getting close to 4 weeks since this happened, just when we are starting to loose hope he will show some signs of progress. I do know this when he does recover he’s going be one Spoiled fella!

Im so sorry this has happened to your baby, I have never heard of giving a dog Tylenol before and if your vet told you to do that then I would call as many vets and ask them about it, If Tylenol caused this to happen to your baby I would make that vet pay all vet bills and then some.
I have a friend that had this happen to them but it was from flea meds, many weeks went by before their Yorkie was able to walk again. Prayers for your baby to get back to normal.

A member he makes walker slings to assit him with walking. It might help him.
The Sling Walker helps our little fur babies to get around better after an injury or surgery of their legs.
Here web site is pocomutt.com

update
 

We have been working with Charlie 24/7 and it is starting to pay off, today he walked about 30 Ft. in our back yard. He still looses his balance and fall down allot but he seems to be improving slowly. He sometimes gets up by himself. I just wish we knew what happened to him because now we don’t know what to expect.

Way to go daddie! Glad you are not going to give up. Sounds like Charlie is really loved and taken care of. Keep up with the exercises it will help out alot. If you recall there was a dog Tahoe with a broken neck or back that was paralyzed. The owners keep at it and he is getting a lot better. Here is a video of Tahoe on youtube. Prepare for tears, its really sad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbirkF-ca04&NR=1

Sorry I thought Tahoe broke his neck or back, but actually he had a stroke.

Sending healing thoughts for Charlie. Warmly, Deborah