Gosh, Buddy keeps us on our toes! After his little incident, we took him to the vet Saturday morning. Luckily we were able to get him in to see his usual vet on such short notice. Buddy suffered a stroke in his back which caused him not to be able to feel his right leg. The x-rays showed that he had small herniated discs and a large lump in his stomach. That was the big concern - the lump. It could be cancer. So we scheduled an ultrasound for that week. The scary part was when the vet gave me his home phone and call him if something happens to Buddy over the weekend.
Poor Buddy can't go on walks; no more going up or down stairs - he still manages to get across the house...slowly...resting in between. He has figured out to sort of use his leg as a cruch.
The ultrasound procedure was interesting; poor Buddy was put upside down on his back - he didn't like it. He especially didn't like it when the doctor had to push the ultrasound thing into him - he was a little squirmy there and had sad eyes as he looked at me...I wanted to cry but of course I had to be strong and not cry in front of all these people!!
Luckily for Buddy, the area we were concerned about is just his adrenal glands that are larger than normal due to the Cushings Disease. They are peanut shaped which is good, otherwise if it was just a large mass, then it would have been a tumor. We have to look into seeing a specialist to determine whether we should change his medicine or increase the dosage...we still have the problem of him not opening his mouth all the way.....
Buddy, Buddy, Buddy....You are truly loved....
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