ischemic myelopathy. - Page 1

http://www.vetspecialists.co.uk/06_Animal_Welfare/Neurology_Facts/Ischemic_Myelopathy.html

 

I haven't, but just wanted to say, I'm sorry for what you are going through and welcome to the board.

Do you mean degenerative myelopathy??? Maybe this link will help??


http://www.caninegeneticdiseases.net/DM/DM.html

thankyou,my 10mth old gs boy has just been throuh (an interuption in blood flow to his spinal cord,)and i was hoping somebody would tell me he will  make a full recovery,

My 8 1/2 year old male Malinois had an FCE (fibrocartilaginous embolism) in October 2005.  We were down in Atlanta to compete at the Malinois National Championship and I went to get him out of the crate to feed him and he was stuck, couldn't get out of the box.  I lifted him out and stood him on the ground and initially thought he had a cramp.  It affected his right rear leg only.  I ran back up to the hotel room and looked in the phone book for an emergency vet and rushed him to the closest one I could find.  There was no pain, just blockage of the blood flow through the spine.  For him, it only touched the right rear, many times it reaches multiple limbs.  He spent the night at the emergency vet and the next day we left for home.  I spent the next couple of weeks lifting his back end with a towel under his belly every time he needed to walk and doing expensive rehab 4 times a week for the next 6 months.  Luckily I had insurance on him from a previous heat stroke issue or the cost would have been much worse.  As it was, the cost ranged from $250-$400 every visit depending on which procedures were done.  He was just under 5 years old when it happened and recently turned 8 last November.  I raised him from a puppy to SchHIII, IPOIII and competed at Regionals, National Championships and even at the Malinois World Championships so I felt I owed him the effort.  This is a dog that has suffered through 2 separate bouts with heat stroke where he was hospitalized at the University of Illinois Veterinary Medical College for over a week each time, was hit by a car, has mild hip dysplasia in both hips and his right elbow, never passed his OFA and has punctate cataracts.  Adding up all of the total medical bills over the years, I have invested probably close to $60,000 but with this dog I think he earned it and I owed it to him.  But, at 8 1/2 he's still cruisin' and doesn't quit and anyone who worked him knows why I did it.  Most people would have done it differently but he gave me a lot and he definitely earned it.

i phil,thanks for your reply,sooo sorry to hear your story,oscar was affected in both rear legs,we had to do alot for him due to not been able to walk for 2wk he spent 4days in a specialist orthapedic vets and he his having physio every week,oscars just came on all of a sudden id just gone to shower my other dog came down and he could,nt get up,he has slight elbow displacia in front right leg so i thought it was that,my own vet did a few x-rays and thought it was his hip,he also found a problem there as well.we brought him home and my poor boy just got worse,it has cost us a £2,500 so far but he his worth every last penny i have,
I am hoping he will get stronger so i can start working with him,but if not i dont mind hes my baby.lol