Updates part 2 will be coming shortly....
In the mean time, I figured I would update you on the latest goings on in the Carr house. This weekend while we were in Jacksonville, Daja somehow hurt herself. She started limping on Saturday and by Saturday night was really really limping. We don't know what happened. The only thing we know of that happened is that Daja was out by the pool and accidentally got one foot in the pool. To clarify, Daja is rather terrified of the pool (which is ironic since weims are water dogs. They even have webbed feet for swimming) and so getting one foot in the pool is a traumatic event which requires yanking said foot out of the pool as quickly as possible and then not going near the pool for the rest of the weekend. I didn't even see it happen, so I didn't really think anything of it.
By Sunday night, however, Daja could barely walk. So yesterday morning I took her to the vet. They took xrays and determined that she had no bone damage in her back. They think she has some disc damage and so we got an anti-inflammatory and a muscle relaxer to give her. The muscle relaxer did quite a number on her. When I got home from work last night, she had absolutely no control over her legs. It was horrible.
This morning she was able to hobble around again, but could not walk in a straight line. Nathan took her out to potty and had to walk with her to keep her from running into the house. She veers left almost constantly. We thought at first that it was just lingering effects of the muscle relaxer, but supposedly no.
After another call to the vet, they decided she should see the doggie neurologist. Who knew such a thing even existed?? At any rate, we are nervously awaiting our appointment tomorrow morning and hope to get some good news. I think having dogs and cats causes as much emotional stress as kiddos do. This whole ordeal is so emotionally exhausting. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers!!
