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Benji needs a chiropractor
Brought Benj to the Vet yesterday. For the past few days he couldn't turn his neck left very well at all! Did a few experiments to make sure that he wasn't faking it to get attention... So YS picked him up like a little baby, and I moved some treats around his face. He could turn right without any issue (frighteningly like an owl!), but when he tried going left, only his eyeballs moved to follow the treat! Then we put him down, and he basically moved his entire BODY to follow it! (Amusing and poor-thing at the same time!)
Dropped him off at 8am, and the doctor called at about 4pm saying that Benji needed to be sedated to be given an x-ray!!! If you are wondering how much does it cost for an x-ray for doggie, it's not cheap!! Now we were worried... We didn't receive any update at all (frustrating!!) from the vet by 5:30pm, so left work and drove by the vet. Was told to wait some more, so passed time (BTW, time passes really slow when you're worried sick) walking around in Target. Got back at 7pm, and wait somemore in the clinic, and doctor gave us the news... Turns out the x-rays show on of the disc's in his neck is being compressed, probably by inflamation in one of the vertibrae... prognosis = not serious!!! (YIPPEEE!!!). 10-12 days of painkillers and no strenous activity should fix him right up.
Lots of relief, and a big hole in our wallet, we rode home with Benji sitting on YS's lap getting lots of hugs and kisses. Benji was happily stumbling around the house once again. Stumbling cos his sedative hadn't wore off yet! Pretty hilarous to see him staggering around the house like someone that had a few too many tequilla shots! Joking aside, we're hoping he recovers really soon. Our Malaysian vacation is coming up soon, and we hate to see him not 100% before we leave.. :( Until he gets better at least, he's going to be carried up and down the stairs, no teeth brushing, and most probably a LOT more treats.... :P He is looking forward to seeing his favorite aunties and uncles and lots of treats and love from them.
Brought Benj to the Vet yesterday. For the past few days he couldn't turn his neck left very well at all! Did a few experiments to make sure that he wasn't faking it to get attention... So YS picked him up like a little baby, and I moved some treats around his face. He could turn right without any issue (frighteningly like an owl!), but when he tried going left, only his eyeballs moved to follow the treat! Then we put him down, and he basically moved his entire BODY to follow it! (Amusing and poor-thing at the same time!)
Dropped him off at 8am, and the doctor called at about 4pm saying that Benji needed to be sedated to be given an x-ray!!! If you are wondering how much does it cost for an x-ray for doggie, it's not cheap!! Now we were worried... We didn't receive any update at all (frustrating!!) from the vet by 5:30pm, so left work and drove by the vet. Was told to wait some more, so passed time (BTW, time passes really slow when you're worried sick) walking around in Target. Got back at 7pm, and wait somemore in the clinic, and doctor gave us the news... Turns out the x-rays show on of the disc's in his neck is being compressed, probably by inflamation in one of the vertibrae... prognosis = not serious!!! (YIPPEEE!!!). 10-12 days of painkillers and no strenous activity should fix him right up.
Lots of relief, and a big hole in our wallet, we rode home with Benji sitting on YS's lap getting lots of hugs and kisses. Benji was happily stumbling around the house once again. Stumbling cos his sedative hadn't wore off yet! Pretty hilarous to see him staggering around the house like someone that had a few too many tequilla shots! Joking aside, we're hoping he recovers really soon. Our Malaysian vacation is coming up soon, and we hate to see him not 100% before we leave.. :( Until he gets better at least, he's going to be carried up and down the stairs, no teeth brushing, and most probably a LOT more treats.... :P He is looking forward to seeing his favorite aunties and uncles and lots of treats and love from them. 
1 comment:
Poor Benji...so cham!!
Hope he'll feel better soon!
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