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Post edited 8:03 am – January 5, 2010 by Christyn
Post edited 8:04 am – January 5, 2010 by Christyn

It pays to get a second opinion, It saved my dogs life! ( I cant spell today!)

Hello dog lovers, I have been very busy over Christmas, just like everyone else.  We had a really bad week where our dog Laylah (Beagle) fell ill. The vets diagnosed her with a fractured neck and refered us to a specialist in Melbourne.  I almost didn't go down to the specialist as I knew I couldn't afford $6,000 and there was no garantee  that it would work. 

To cut a long, emotional story short, three vet visits, a trip to Melbourne and $1,000 later the specialist in Melbourne informed us that the image on the xray was a congenital abnormality ( she was born with it!) (I have this as well! LOL)  Anyway the specialist poked and proded and hit a sore spot on her spine as she almost yelped the roof off!  I am sure he must of put her back back in cause shes back to normal now.  Even on the anti – imflamatory's she wasn't as good as this. She's still on the anti's for a few months though. 

Back at home Laylah was first diagnosed with mild pancreatitis, the second time they couldn't find any thing wrong and the 3rd time they xrayed her neck.  This was a dog that would run km per day if she could to a dog that couldn't jump up at all.  Then as she got worse the couldn't jump down.  To lift her hurt her… She was so depressed!

I didn't know how bad pancreatitis could be for dogs.  Apparently to much marrow can lead to this or too much fat.  We have put Laylah on  a diet of steamed chicken, mashed pumpkin and rice….

Laylah was so lucky that I wanted a second opinion! Thank you to Dr Chris Preston and his intern  in Mt Waverly Vic who knows their stuff!