Please pray for my little dog
bona fido dog-lover
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Please pray for my little dog
He is getting worse very quickly. He still doesn't act like he's in any pain, but his back legs will just give out and he'll fall down. He can still walk normally but at any second his back legs will give out. It freaks him out cause he doesn't understand why he keeps falling down.
I will call my vet tomorrow and ask him to refer me to a specialist vet with special knowledge and experience in diabetes and/or nerve problems. I CANNOT just put him down as he's just as normal and happy as ever except for this problem with his back legs. He's standing up next to my desk chair right now "asking" for a treat. I just gave them all a treat and he wolfed it down... and then collapsed on the rug.
I will have to win the lottery to pay a special vet - maybe I can ask them for a reduced charge. I'll see what happens and take it one day at a time - which I'm getting good at doing anyway. I just cannot let him get worse without doing something. I'll even be happy to consider one of those little wheeled carts for dogs whose back legs don't work or had to be amputated or something. He's still happy and otherwise healthy.
I'm so upset cause he's had more than his 'fair share' of problems, first developing diabetes, then going blind from it, and now this! He's used to his blindness but don't know how he'd get used to not being able to get around. I don't know if this condition will get worse or just stay like this. If it just stayed like this I could live with it, and so could he, but I'm afraid of it getting even worse.
He just got up from the floor and is standing by my desk, looking up at me. I don't think it's too much to ask God for a favor for my beloved dog. Please keep him in your prayers. He's going to need them.
Thank you!
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I will call my vet tomorrow and ask him to refer me to a specialist vet with special knowledge and experience in diabetes and/or nerve problems. I CANNOT just put him down as he's just as normal and happy as ever except for this problem with his back legs. He's standing up next to my desk chair right now "asking" for a treat. I just gave them all a treat and he wolfed it down... and then collapsed on the rug.
I will have to win the lottery to pay a special vet - maybe I can ask them for a reduced charge. I'll see what happens and take it one day at a time - which I'm getting good at doing anyway. I just cannot let him get worse without doing something. I'll even be happy to consider one of those little wheeled carts for dogs whose back legs don't work or had to be amputated or something. He's still happy and otherwise healthy.
I'm so upset cause he's had more than his 'fair share' of problems, first developing diabetes, then going blind from it, and now this! He's used to his blindness but don't know how he'd get used to not being able to get around. I don't know if this condition will get worse or just stay like this. If it just stayed like this I could live with it, and so could he, but I'm afraid of it getting even worse.
He just got up from the floor and is standing by my desk, looking up at me. I don't think it's too much to ask God for a favor for my beloved dog. Please keep him in your prayers. He's going to need them.
Thank you!
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Last edited by cece1960; 11-07-2008 at 08:43 PM.
bona fido dog-lover
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Ohio State University's vet school is 100 miles from here but would be worth driving if I could afford their rates, which, as I found out, are not that much cheaper. (I asked them for their cheaper rates on cataract surgery and was politely rebuffed) I'd give up food for a week or more if it would get me the money to treat him - if what he's got is treatable.
I can write to them tho, and I will.
I can write to them tho, and I will.
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S - This poem is for you and believe me I understand. I would do ANYTHING for my dogs. They are God's gift to our family and they are family. I will most certainly say prayers for your dog. 
That's for you and your baby.
JUST MY DOG
He is my other eyes that can see above
the clouds; my other ears that hear above
the winds. He is the part of me that can
reach out into the sea.
He has told me a thousand times over that
I am his reason for being: by the way he
rests against my leg; by the way he thumps
his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he
shows his hurt when I leave without taking him.
(I think it makes him sick with worry when he
is not along to care for me.)
When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive.
When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile.
When I am happy, he is joy unbounded.
When I am a fool, he ignores it.
When I succeed, he brags.
Without him, I am only another man(woman). With him,
I am all-powerful.
He is loyalty itself.
He has taught me the meaning of devotion.
With him, I know a secret comfort and a
private peace. He has brought me understanding
where before I was ignorant.
His head on my knee can heal my human hurts.
His presence by my side is protection against
my fears of dark and unknown things.
He has promised to wait for me...
whenever...wherever--in case I need him.
And I expect I will--as I always have.
He is just my dog.
--- Gene Hill ---
That's for you and your baby.JUST MY DOG
He is my other eyes that can see above
the clouds; my other ears that hear above
the winds. He is the part of me that can
reach out into the sea.
He has told me a thousand times over that
I am his reason for being: by the way he
rests against my leg; by the way he thumps
his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he
shows his hurt when I leave without taking him.
(I think it makes him sick with worry when he
is not along to care for me.)
When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive.
When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile.
When I am happy, he is joy unbounded.
When I am a fool, he ignores it.
When I succeed, he brags.
Without him, I am only another man(woman). With him,
I am all-powerful.
He is loyalty itself.
He has taught me the meaning of devotion.
With him, I know a secret comfort and a
private peace. He has brought me understanding
where before I was ignorant.
His head on my knee can heal my human hurts.
His presence by my side is protection against
my fears of dark and unknown things.
He has promised to wait for me...
whenever...wherever--in case I need him.
And I expect I will--as I always have.
He is just my dog.
--- Gene Hill ---
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I feel for you. I hope everything turns out to be OK. It seems that animals just become a part of the family so quickly. I know how much it hurts to watch an animal and not know if you are doing the right thing. They just love so unconditionally. My prayers are with you.
bona fido dog-lover
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To add insult to injury... I didn't put those damn stupid 'umbrella' smilies in my first post, but they're there now and I can't fix it. This is just NOT my night!
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