Well I've had an awful week.......    Indy my oldest and my diabetic dog scared the life out of me this week.   I come home every day at lunch time to leave my children out to potty, give them a treat, and catch a quick bite to eat.  I never miss a day..........

Indy has been acting strange since he was groomed last Thursday but I couldn't put a finger on anything specific but his sugar levels in his urine test have been reading low and that always concerns me...... Monday night he was walking a little strange off to one side and I was concerned his sugar levels were getting too low so I gave him an extra treat or 2 and then before bed gave him a massage and a baby asprin. Tuesday morning when we got up he seemed ok but when I came home at lunch he wasn't there to meet me at the door.   He was laying on the recliner watching tv (yes we're talking about my doggie) so I told him he was being lazy and picked him up to put him out....... he growled at me.......  I said come on it's a long time till I get home from work and carried him outside and sit him down......... I came in to make lunch.

When I looked out he was sitting the EXACT same place I had put him down he hadn't moved.  I was immediately concerned and went out to "call" him to walk to me, he didn't budge.    I walked out in front of him and called to him to come and he made a movement like he "wanted" to get up but couldn't....... at this point I was starting to freak out!  I picked him up and brought him back in the house, sit him on my kitchen floor and got a piece of cheese from the fridge, I waived it in front of him convinced he'd jump up but he tried but couldn't.........  I grabbed the phone and called the Vet I was convinced he'd had a seizure while I was at work.......... and they said to take him out right away.......... I called work to tell them I wouldn't be back from lunch .........  picked him up and left .....

They ran blood test (his sugar level was low but not "dangerous low") they took x-rays and examined him.  The x-rays show a cloudy area about mid-way down his back under his spinal column and she wasn't sure what it was.  She said it could be just a muscle spasm and the muscle is knotted and showing up as a cloudy area or it could be a tumor.   They told me to go home and they'd call me later after they took more x-rays.

They called and I went back and they said they gave him 2 shots, one with a pain medicine because he seemed to be in a lot of pain and one with a muscle relaxer into his vein.  She said it wasn't long after that he was up and they took him outside and he was pulling the Vet tech across the yard behaving normal for a dog.   She said she "feels" it's a muscle problem and gave me 2 medications for him with instructions to keep him calm.  

Wednesday I decided I needed to stay home and make sure he was going to be ok.......  he seemed to have a lot of diarrehea....... well at about lunch time I came into my kitchen and there was blood all over my floor.............    Indy had blood all over his bottom.......  I was in a total panic!    I called the Vet's office but she was at lunch and they told me to keep him calm, remain calm and they would call me back.   They called me back and said they felt it was an adverse reaction to the 1 medication the muscle relaxer and to come back and get a different medicine.   So I did........    he seems to have improved but I have been really stressed and I can barely make myself leave the house............  what if I hadn't stayed home on Wednesday???     

He's to go back July 1st for follow-up x-rays to see if they can see any change in the cloudy area or if it has grown or not.......... she said if it is larger she may want to do a biopsy or surgery.    I'm thinking/hoping it's the muscle problem because he seems to be moving ok now that he's been on the medicine and I don't feel he would have improve if it was a tumor.   My Mom pointed out that this seems to be in the same general area as I give him his insulin shots and wondered if it could be caused by scar tissue from 4 years of shots, I was too distressed to think of that......

If you could whisper a little prayer for my son we both would appreciate it........   

Thanks

Susan