A Samwise-iful Update
Posted on 22 January 2008 under Pets
In the comments section of my last post, Robin from Befrazzled asked for an update on Samwise. He visited the Docs at Temperance Animal Hospital yesterday, where they determined something’s wrong with a disc in Sam’s spine. What was surprising to us was to learm that, with toy breeds, there doesn’t need to be an event, injury or incident for this to happen. Apparently, this can happen spontaneously due to the animal’s physiology. They gave him a Cortizone injection and sent us home with an NSAID that works better than what he’d been on. They called a little while ago to cheeck on him. I told them Sam seems to have stabilized for pain, but at the same time, he seems to have plateaued and isn’t really improving since yesterday. He might be headed back there tomorrow or Thursday.
Meanwhile, he sits on my lap here in my office, just looking sad and pathetic. I haven’t heard his little bark since Saturday.
Hopefully soon, he’ll be back at the nursing home in Ohio with the residents, as shown in the above photo. Those folks love having this little therapy dog close-at-hand.
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22 January 2008 @ 7:23 pm Posted by JEP
A good friend of mine has a Pom that is also a therapy dog. Recently the dog was diagnosed with some type of anemia & has had multiple transfusions & steriods…they love the dog & are willing to care for her like she was any other member of the family! Pets hold a very special place in their owners’ hearts. Sending speedy recovery wishes to Sam:)
22 January 2008 @ 7:30 pm Posted by Dave
You should have seen how rambunctious he became tonight when we had pizza. Even with what had happened Saturday, he still wanted some! He did get some sausage … and a couple pepperoni slices … I didn’t give these things to him though!