Hi Dr. Khouri:

I want to thank you again for the RX for our dog, Kaiser.

We received the package on Friday, November 18, and started her on the medication immediately. She is also on the Prednisone, that the vet has now reduced to 5 pills, twice a day.
Also, on the same day, our local Chiropractor came here and had a look at her, and tried to do what he could. He has worked on some other dogs, but doesn't advertise it.

He did find a very sore spot on her spine, just back of the shoulder blades. Whether that is the location of the problem, we don't know. The X-rays didn't show any damage to the bones in the spine, nor in the hip area. Only an MRI would give an accurate diagnosis. And, for that, I would have to drive to either Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, or to Calgary, Alberta. Either way, it is a 6 hour drive, and the vet doesn't think it is advisable to move her. Also, an MRI would apparently cost $2500.00.

However, on Saturday evening, about supper time, after she'd been given her 4th doseamateur natural teenart photos nude young girls of the medicine, Kaiser decided it was time to move! For the first time, she dragged herself (by the front feet) off the mat we have had her on, in the hallway by the outside door for the past 2 1/2 weeks.

She moved several feet (probably 6 feet or more). And, since then, no matter how many times we move her back on the mat, she comes off very soon. Now she rests between the mat and the washroom, on the linoleum. That is not ideal, since it is slippery, but I put an absorbing pad and blanket under her.

Also, she now very often changes position. Before that, she mostly laid on either one side or the other, at first it was the right side, now it is mostly her left side. Or, she would sit up on her "bum" propped up against the wall for support. Now also she lays on her tummy, and her position is more natural. The vet says that changing position is a very good sign.

She is also more alert, more spirited, stronger, and SHE BARKED! when a vehicle drove in the yard that night. WOW! A very feeble bark, but a bark!

She has been very silent until then! She had only barked once before that in those 2 weeks.

And tonight, Wednesday, November 23 - another remarkable event.: ( Because she has lost control of her bladder, we have put her in diapers. However, that is not very effective, and she soaks up several pads and blankets every day. So, I have to wash her down daily to keep her comfortable, and to get rid of the odours.)

So - every day, I sponge bath her sides and back end, then I towel and blow her dry. At the same time, she benefits from a fairly vigorous "massage" as I towel her dry.

Tonight, as I was drying off her left lower leg, THE LEG KICKED! A very large jerk! Like when a doctor taps the knee with a little hammer. The leg was trembling quite a bit, and the jerk was repeated 3 or 4 times as I dried her. Not only that, she FELT it. She was laying quietly on her right side as I worked on her left side, and she raised herself up - and looked at me as if to say: "What are you doing to me??" Then, she quickly jerked herself up to a sitting position, on her "bum". Then, she licked me! She never does that!

(The left side has been the worst side -abby amateur teenamature teen slacker right from the beginning, she did not have as much feeling on the left leg as the on the right side. At times it seems she can feel it when we tickle her feet, and at other times, there is no reaction.)

And, now, as I write, I can hear her dragging herself further - closer to the kitchen.

We could put her outside in the barn, but it would be more difficult to care for her there - as she becomes uncomfortable, or thirsty, and I have to tend to her quite a bit. It is quite a big distance to go to see her. This is more smelly and not too nice to have her in the house - but she thinks she is a person, not a dog. And, I don't believe she would be happy away from where we are.

So, again, thank you very much.
The news sounds more promising, and I hope and pray that soon she will show some more feeling in her legs, and regain some strength, and that she will in the near future be able to walk again.
As you can see, she is very special - and besides, she is my daughter's dog.

Sincerely,

Therese