Purple and Paws Three months have gone by since my last update so I figured it was time for another one.
I wish I had good news but I don’t.
The B12 shots didn’t work.
There was no marked improvement after four weeks or five weeks or six weeks. In fact, taking him in for those appointments to get the shots was stressful because he would end up collapsing and I’d have to struggle to get him in and out of the car.
We also tried taking him off the steroid and that went horribly. The plan was to wean him off by giving him pills every other day then stopping completely after two weeks. Well, after about five days of on and off dosing, he started collapsing more frequently. When I went back to giving him his prednisone every day, he got better. So at least we now know that the steroids are helping. He’ll probably be on those for the rest of his life.
My vet thought it might be a heart thing and we spent weeks trying to get an EKG. After several failed attempts at getting one at home, I finally brought Socks back in last week and the vet was able to give him one.
Today she emailed me with the results: nothing.
Socks’ heart is normal.
So now we’re back to square one.
Something is wrong but no one knows what.
I feel so defeated and stressed and helpless and, quite frankly, angry.
Not at all the vets and doctors who have tried to help us.
Angry at whatever higher power decided that Socks didn’t have enough on his plate with the liver disease.
At this point in time, Socks is doing okay. I have to be very careful with him and the only time he gets out of the house is for one five minute walk around the cul-de-sac in the morning. This is a dog that used to go on daily morning walks for an hour and half an hour night walks.
It makes me so very, very sad that he can barely leave the house now.
All I can do at this point is take care of him the best I’m able and hope and pray that maybe someone will figure out this weird problem he has and be able to fix it.