Best wishes to you all, I hope things stay postive.

Delighted to hear that Scooby's pins have stayed in place and he is on the mend. Must be good to see him wanting to play with his teddies now.

Sending good wishes to Mia for tomorrow and hope the steriods are doing the trick and that the panting is caused by this funny weather we are having.



 

Good news.  All fingers n toes n paws crossed that everything continues to go well. 

NOT SUCH A GOOD UPDATE ON MIA.


I am sitting here in buckets of tears & have done since i came out of the vets surgery at 3:50pm.

The steroids haven't worked for Mia at all & they are now saying she has a canerous tumour although this 'can not' be diagnosed.
I asked if xrays can be done to find the tumour & was told no amount of xrays would show it up, that i find very hard to believe.

They have given me a different course of tablets, i can't remember what they are for now as i was so upset but we are to try these as the last resort.

She is to go back to the vets on Monday at 1:20pm to see if they have worked.

Since her being taken off the steroids the panting has stopped, although she has lost a bit more weight.

I will not let Mia go until i have gone down every avenue possible.
She in herself is not in any pain or discomfort whatsoever, ok she has slowed up a great deal but she is still able to go for her short walks & is able to do the toilet with no problems.

My eyes are that sore & i should be pulling myself together but it's so very hard.

-- Edited by saldec at 19:58, 2007-06-14

I am really sorry to hear about this.  Believe me, we are all rooting for Mia (and you).  I agree with Dawn - you are more than entitled to express your frustration/grief/worry as much as you like.  I know I did when Wills was diagnosed diabetic and I was terrified.  When you are good and ready, you will draw upon your reserves and deal with whatever comes your way as best you can - that's all any of us can do.  Mia can't ask for any more than that.  At least she's not in pain and knows she's safe, secure and loved.

Keep us posted of her progress.  We'll be thinking of you. 

I'm so sorry about Mia - but like Lita says, take each day as it comes. Mia isn't in any pain and I really hope her new medication works! Good luck - I hope everything works out for her.

Christine

SHORT UPDATE:
MIA FIRST:

Since Mia was taken off the strong steriods & put on a weaker steriod she is like a different dog.

She is eating more, drinking, actually running around & has stopped the panting which she wa doing 24/7.

She had the vets yesterday which the vet was expecting to put her to sleep.
The vet is so pleased with the transformation & can see she is starting to put on a little weight.
She is to be kept on the new meds & is to be seen by the vet every week for check ups.

I personally think the strong meds were doing her more harm than good & was killing her off.

I am so very very pleased with her & i can see how happy she is in herself too.

So thats a good update for a change.

NOW SCOOBY:

Scooby also had his check up 10 mins after Mia.
Vet is very pleased with him too, vet had a good prod of his leg & she seems to think that the pin is finally starting to take affect, he's to be xrayed again in a few weeks time just to make sure.

He is bouncing about as if nothing is wrong with his leg but i have to keep him calm as a very sudden jerk or movement could be disastrous & we'll be at suare one again.
Its hard to keep him calm as he's a hyper dog in general, but all in all he's making good progress.


I should of started a separate thread about Mia as this could be confusing to the best of people !!!
To late now though !!

So glad things are more positive today. Will be thinking about you and both Mia and Scooby.
Marie & Mason

Really, really glad to hear that things are going well for both your two.

Absolutely delighted that both Mia and Scooby are better! Everything's crossed here that they continue to keep wel!

Christine

Delighted to hear that Mia & Scooby are improving!
Take care.

Great news - so pleased everything seems to have settled down.  We'll be looking forward to hearing about your exploits caravanning and updates on Mia and Scooby. 

That is such good news that  Both Scooby and Mia are doing so well.  Have a good time caravaning and we look forward to hearing all about it when you get back and with updates on Scooby and Mia,

Nicki and wee Janie.x

Haven't been on for a while, so have only just caught up with this thread. What a worrying time you've been having, and here's keeping fingers and toes (and anything else crossable) crossed that the outcome continues to be so positive.

Hope you have a great time in the caravan - our 4 love it in our 'van, the difficult thing is us getting a seat (and as for bedtime........!!!!). I just like to see people's faces when you take 4 large dogs out of a tourer.....!!!!

Anyway, hope all goes from strength to strength! Thinking of you.

Jean & the gang