Our sweet Henry has a ruptured disc in his lower neck. It seems unbelievable. We don't know how this happened. As you may recall our precious Mabel has 7 slipped discs! The veterinarian has told us Mabel is one of the worst cases he has ever seen. The x-rays for Henry show a moderate rupture. So he was on pain medicine for a few days and is still on the steroid for a two more weeks. It will be a gradual tapering off of that. He seems fully recovered already. Which of course is wonderful. The vet is hopeful he will fully recover and never have an episode of pain again. The key to that will be using a harness for his walks (we bought it today), not letting him go down the stairs (not the easiest to catch him beforehand always), lift him down off of furniture if he is up and place him down IF he goes on the bed. The vet said if we can't stop his jumping off the bed well then, he can't go on the bed. He just lounges on one bed, that would be Madeleine's. All the time. We will see how this goes. We love him so much. He will be turning 5 soon, like Mabel already is.
Still stitching away on Theotokos. No picture update today, didn't get one.
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| This one is for you Margaret! Can't see it the best, but he IS crossing his front legs. |
Thank you for your kind comments my friends. I always look forward to hearing from you. Have a wonderful weekend!
Stitching and praying,
Vickie
26 comments:
ahh, so about the disk issues. They are so cute. How nice a christmas gift already.
So nice to have an early Christmas gift. And hopefully Henry will learn very quickly what he shouldn't do in order to avoid some new pain from his disc.
Oh my. I hope he has no other episodes. People thought we were nuts but when the canine chiropractor came in once a month, we took our dogs. Have no idea if it actually helped. Do they make doggie ramps???
It's so hard to keep a poodle from jumping - Brandy will be 14 in a few weeks and we can't stop him from jumping madly. I hope this doesn't happen again, it's not good when our beloved pets have a health issue.
Oh no! Poor Henry! How unbelievable that Henry is following in Mabel's footsteps. Hopefully this will be his only slipped disc and he will be fine from now on.
Oh, my goodness! Poor Henry! I'm so glad that he is doing better. You know, Mitzi jumps off the bed and the chair all the time and it makes me so nervous. She's only 4 pounds and I worry so that she will hurt herself. I think I'm going to start training her to wait for us to help her. She still such a puppy that she is full of energy. She's very smart, though, so I think we can train her not to jump.
Prayers for all of you!
Julie
Oooh !Christmas comes early for you..enjoy. Sorry to read about Henry...love the pictures of Henry and Mabel, both are so adorable. Sometimes I wish I could have a dog too, but I don't think I'll have the time as yet to totally be committed to caring for a dog as yet :/ Thank you for sharing the pictures.
Keep warm!
They are such cuties. My granddaughter's name is Mabel. Jumping down is the worst. My yorkie could hardly walk. While waiting til we had the money for surgery. The doctor even showed me the xrays showing the problem. But she recovered and is doing fine without the surgery. Good luck.
So glad to hear that Henry is on the mend.those are great pictures of them both.
What a lovely plaque and card.
Poor Henry! Glad to hear he's already on the mend but still. You must have been so worried.
Beautiful gifts from Michelle! Our temp today was 61 and a bit cold. I don't know how you manage in 18 degree weather! Too cold. Sending you warm hugs, love Annette
A lovely little gift.
Hope Henry is soon feeling much better.
Hello Vickie
What a lovely gift from Michelle!
Poor poodles - I hope Henry continues to improve. Mabel will have to teach him to wait for help from his humans!
Have a good weekend x
You've received a lovely gift.
Hope Henry feels better soon.
Congratulations on receiving your beautiful gifts....
I hope and pray that poor Henry will improve and get much better as time goes on.
Happy Stitching
God Bless You & Your Family
Linda K, Railroad
I do hope Henry heals fast.
It is so true our animals are just like Family.
Lovely package you recieved from Michelle.
Blessings
Catherine
Oh noo!! Not again the same problem! Oh my gussh!! Please... I'm so sorry about this bad news! I hope he will stay better soon as possible. I will pray hard for this little sweet creatures! Kisses and hugs!
However, the pics are lovely ^_^
Great Gift from Michelle she is such a giver.
Poor Henry sending prayers he heals quick.
How really nice of Michelle! And you can display it year round too! As for Henry--he could learn the rules, if you are right there all the time. I just noticed your Henry is the same color as our Rusty, but... he has the same face shape as Mabel and our Thor. Our Rusty has a different face type--I will have to put up a picture to show you... Interesting thing. Thor has doggie-epilepsy, so has to be on meds forever. Rusty is good so far. I can't wait to see the progress picture!! Hugs!
Aaa poor little Henry! They're hardy buggers so I'm sure he's behaving himself most admirably with the jumping and climbing. :)
Awww sending prayers that little Henry will heal completely and never have to be in this type of pain again. Bless him, he's so adorable. :) Looking forward to a stitchy update soon.
Wishing you and your family a most blessed Thanksgiving. :)
AWwww your sweet little pups with their slipped discs :( I'm so sorry to hear that little Henry now has it too. I hope that he will be okay and that he learns to wait for his humans to move him up and down from things. Hugs and prayers!
So glad it arrived safely Vickie and you liked it - I admit to thinking of you when I saw it. Poor little things sending love xx
What a sweet gift from Michelle.
Www bless poor Henry. Hope he recovers soon.
I hope Henry will be ok. Have a good week!
Poor little guy. Ouch. :(
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