Susan, director at Angel's Gate, specializes in a holistic approach for dogs with paralysis, etc. She uses a combo of physical therapy, water exercises, diet, etc. You might check AngelsGate web site as I seem to recall she described her approach.....
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:42 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT - We need your prayers Thank you Tamara, I was wondering about the different alternatives to surgery. It's hard for me to trust western medicine, it's so caustic and invasive. I know I talk tough, but it's difficult to even consider giving up without exploring every applicable treatment I can unearth. Not just for Zevon, but for any animal/human in my care. Which is why my funds are depleted and I look 10 years older than my age! The East/West vet I found for Gypsy does acupuncture, I'll give her a call when the time comes. Thank you again. Nina tamara stickler wrote: > Nina, you have my prayers. > > I've seen acupuncture work WONDERS for dogs that had lost the use of > their back legs...even old dogs. If western medicine can no longer > help...and you feel you aren't ready to give up...find an animal > acupuncturist....you just might be amazed. > > Good luck, God Bless you both. > > > */Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > Bruce and I just got back from the Vet. Our 8 year old German > Shepherd > Dog, Zevon has been having trouble with his back legs for the last > couple of months. I guess I've been in denial and have been giving > him > stuff for arthritis etc. The vet (not his regular ortho surgeon, he's > out of town at conferences), suspects either a disc problem or > something > called, Degenerative Myelopathy, (a degenerative neurologic disease), > something GSDs are prone to apparently. He had to stay at the vet > overnight to treat him intravenously with steroids to see if > whatever is > causing his paralysis lessens. The ER vet said that there is a chance > that the steroid therapy alone could help him regain the full use > of his > legs, (let's hope so, tonight's therapy is costing over $1100 > bucks and > we haven't even started diagnostic work yet). If this doesn't help > him, > Bruce and I have a tough decision to make. About 4 years ago, Zevon > took a leap off a very high cliff in Santa Barbara trying to get > to the > surf below. He sustained severe sprains on both his front legs and we > were told by three vets to have him PTS before we found a surgeon > that > took on his case and saved his life. Zevon is a highly energetic dog > that never lets pain get in his way of having a good time. The > operations and months of recooperative down-stays were extremely > hard on > him. He is also vulnerable to reinjury of his front legs and now with > his back legs in jeopardy, not to mention the fact that he's no > longer a > young dog, make his prognosis for a quality life in a wheel chair > very > poor. Please include him in your prayers. Please pray that tonight's > treatment brings us a miracle of at least temporary recovery. He's so > important to our household, we all love him so much, dogs, cats and > humans alike. He's such a sweet soul, I don't know how we'd get along > without him. > > Thanks for caring, > Nina > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > <http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/>
