SunnyD
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February 18th, I tripped over Rosie as she zoomed into the room in pursuit of God knows what. I stumbled and slammed my bare right foot into the bottom of my Kirby vacuum - all metal. I broke my little toe, most of my foot swelling immediately. Oddly enough I had an orthopedic appointment that day to get an injection into my right elbow. While there he examined my foot, told me I broke the toe and taped it. As you all know, not much you can do for those poor toes. Well, I limped around for a bit as I couldn't walk normally. I could not bear full weight on my foot. A few more days and I feel stiff and not normal. My hamstring and butt seeming as if they were so tight, the muscles could not relax. I spent two weeks laying low, trying to do some simple stretches, doing ice, heat, rest, started using magnets. It did not get better, it got worse. I went to my doctor on the 9th of March, then PT. The therapist told me it was not tight muscles, it was my back. So, I learned that your back can feel fine and you can have back problems. MRI on the 12th, herniated disc at L5 pressing into my nerve roots, primarily my sciatica. I was so freaked out at this point. I had lost all of my upper body strength by this point. I could not sit up. I had to roll on my side and push up. I had my first epidural steroid injection on the 23th of March. It gave me some relief. The butt & thigh were better. From the knee down, no change. On the 9th of April, I had two injections. One in the same place and another in a different nerve, hitting below the knee in the calf. Well, I have little to no pain in the butt and thigh and the calf is a bit better, not much. We are thinking of one more injection to knock out that calf. Then physical therapy can start and I can hopefully get stronger and the disc will move back in. I have been in a fog of drugs for weeks now. I have had a lot of surgeries(bad endometriosis & joint issues) and thought I had felt pain. I have never had pain so excruciating that I have cried out when I moved or burst in to tears. I am shocked at the level of drugs it takes to give me relief and frustrated that I can't do anything. I am still hopefull that I will avoid surgery, although they say it is so microscopic for my kind case, much easier recovery these days)
So, that leads me to my next thing. I have been home non stop since this started. I have spent tons of time with the fur bears which has been the only good thing to come out of this. However, I am so worried about Sunshine. She seems to have overcome the Pseudomonis(thank God) according to a visit to the vet two weeks ago. But there are good days & bad days. Mostly it is the weakness in the hind end. We lost so much ground when she got sick. Now I am limited. Lucy is taking her for a short walk each day. Yesterday, she stopped. Wouldn't move until Lucy let her turn around and then she headed home. Came inside, had some water & laid down next to me. Today, she seems in a better mood but it is hard on her to get up. We have a sling, perhaps it is time to start using it? I cried last night. She will be 10 in June. It suddenly hit me that our time with her is most likely drawing to an end. I have said good bye to dogs before but never one like this. My first Newf, my second child. She is everything to me and I am in tears worrying. I put in a call to the rehab doctor that she sees every 3 weeks(really can't afford more)and to her regular doctor that has known her since she was a puppy. I'm worried about her pain. She just got moved up to Tramadol -100 mgs 3x's a day. Also, during her ordeal she has been taking the Tussigon -Hydrocodone 2x's a day. Temeril-P which we are down to 1 a day. The specialist had to stop the metacam when he added the Temeril P. I am going to ask if we can stop the temeril-P and restart the metacam. Just to recap, she has osteoarthritis & spondylosis. She most likely slipped a disc at some point.
Also, I have been reading but have not had much energy to post. You are all in my thoughts and prayers. I have laughed at the photo's and read the posts. I'm sorry that I haven't been on more, but I am sure you all understand. Welcome, to new members who I haven't posted to as well.
I know there are a lot of you out there who have been through or are going through this. Once again, I am turning to my NN family to ask for advice, thoughts and prayers. Sunny & I both need them
Thank you, you all are treasures.
So, that leads me to my next thing. I have been home non stop since this started. I have spent tons of time with the fur bears which has been the only good thing to come out of this. However, I am so worried about Sunshine. She seems to have overcome the Pseudomonis(thank God) according to a visit to the vet two weeks ago. But there are good days & bad days. Mostly it is the weakness in the hind end. We lost so much ground when she got sick. Now I am limited. Lucy is taking her for a short walk each day. Yesterday, she stopped. Wouldn't move until Lucy let her turn around and then she headed home. Came inside, had some water & laid down next to me. Today, she seems in a better mood but it is hard on her to get up. We have a sling, perhaps it is time to start using it? I cried last night. She will be 10 in June. It suddenly hit me that our time with her is most likely drawing to an end. I have said good bye to dogs before but never one like this. My first Newf, my second child. She is everything to me and I am in tears worrying. I put in a call to the rehab doctor that she sees every 3 weeks(really can't afford more)and to her regular doctor that has known her since she was a puppy. I'm worried about her pain. She just got moved up to Tramadol -100 mgs 3x's a day. Also, during her ordeal she has been taking the Tussigon -Hydrocodone 2x's a day. Temeril-P which we are down to 1 a day. The specialist had to stop the metacam when he added the Temeril P. I am going to ask if we can stop the temeril-P and restart the metacam. Just to recap, she has osteoarthritis & spondylosis. She most likely slipped a disc at some point.
Also, I have been reading but have not had much energy to post. You are all in my thoughts and prayers. I have laughed at the photo's and read the posts. I'm sorry that I haven't been on more, but I am sure you all understand. Welcome, to new members who I haven't posted to as well.
I know there are a lot of you out there who have been through or are going through this. Once again, I am turning to my NN family to ask for advice, thoughts and prayers. Sunny & I both need them
Thank you, you all are treasures.
