‘Kip’ Category

  1. Visiting Mr. Kip

    March 13, 2010 by myeye

    This afternoon I went to the vet hospital to visit our Kipper.  He’s able to stand, bearing his weight for 30 seconds at a time.  He is using his rear legs to push himself forward to reach food and water.  He’s eating well (not his raw food unfortunately).  He is no longer catheterized as they work at getting him to urinate on his own.

    When I came in and knelt next to his cage, he looked puzzled, but when I spoke to him, his ears came up and he began trembling.  I had my cry before Jill and Sarah arrived.  I’ve not seen Kip since I gave him to my friends last summer.  I tried to go to their house, but I couldn’t do it.  I knew I would just bawl like a baby when I saw him,  But at the hospital, he needs visits from people who love him — so I went, had my cry, and spent time rubbing his ears and talking to him.

    As soon as they remove his stitches, the rehabbers will begin his water therapy.  The hospital offers hydro-therapy.  When he goes home, he will have visits from the mobile acupuncture vet and will return to the hospital for hydrotherapy — unless his people decide to do hydrotherapy in the pool in their house.  Nothing like lots of Cardi hair in the pool filter 🙂

    Our boy is doing so well.  He’s a tough little guy who’s decided to pull through for all the people who love him.

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  2. Kip Update

    March 11, 2010 by myeye

    I just spoke with Dr. Rose (noon mountain time).  Kip has movement in his right rear leg — which is VERY positive this soon after surgery.  We are trying to schedule a hospital visit so Sarah and Jill and I fully understand all the recovery needs.  Kip can stay at the hospital on “medical resident” status until he reaches a recovery point at which his family is able to comfortably work with him.  We have a mobile vet here who does acupuncture, and I am checking on canine water therapy facilities.  Both the acupuncture and the water therapy speed recovery.  Kip’s family has an indoor pool, but I’m not sure they’ll want to be filling the filter with corgi hair — we’ll see.

    So, your prayers and good thoughts are having a great impact.  Thanks to all of you.

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  3. Good and Good

    March 10, 2010 by myeye

    Kip came through his surgery well.  He has a little movement in his back legs which is a great sign.  Three fenestrations — one for the ruptured disk and two bulging disks.  It is definitely IVDD.  I had sent Kip’s DNA to Dr. Neff at UC Davis for his research into finding a genetic marker for IVDD.  Tomorrow I’ll let them know to move his sample to the “other” pile.  So, Kip still has a long recovery road, but he’s started out on it.

    Meanwhile, here is Adrienne sharing the door to her room with a 6′ poster of Louie the Lobo.  When you are a fan, all things Lobo can be accommodated.

    With Louie the Lobo

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  4. Update on Kip

    March 10, 2010 by myeye

    This morning Sarah called me.  She was crying and trying to tell me what was going on at the vet’s.  I called the vet to obtain a little clearer picture of what was happening with Kip.  Dr. Rose said that Kip had some movement in his feet and legs this morning.  Because of that they placed him at 90% likelihood of success.  He wanted approval to run a mylegram so he could see the spine and determine if there is a ruptured disk or if it is something else.  Dr. Rose has Pems so was pretty taken with the charming Kip.  He’s from the University of Minnesota and over the course of his vethood has performed more than 100 back surgeries of this type — he said, “Corgis and Doxies”.  I could hear him shaking his head over the phone.

    Sarah and family cannot bear to let Kip go, so plan to follow through with the vet’s ultimate recommendations.  Sarah misunderstood Dr. Rose this morning and thought he was telling her that Kip would have to live in a crate for the rest of his life — so now that’s cleared up.  Kip is a solid little dog and I know he’ll weather the surgery and adapt to the crate rest (not happily).  No more jumping off furniture and barreling up and down the stairs, but he’ll still be the sweet bed buddy that we all love.

    More when I know more . . .  Still shamelessly begging for good thoughts for our little guy.

    Kip Oct 2009

    A later update:  5:30 New Mexico time.  Kip is in surgery.  He had one herniated disk and two bulging disks.  The doctor is still expressing a likelihood that Kip will make a full recovery.  I’m off to Chase’s CD class, but will call Dr. Rose on my way home and find out how Kip is, and how the surgery went.  Will update everyone again later tonight.

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  5. Oh, Kip

    March 9, 2010 by myeye

    Kip is at the emergency vet’s tonight.  He went down in the back today.  Initially his people thought he had no pain, but the vet says Kip can feel it when he pinches his toes, and they think he has a ruptured disk.  He’s going to stay overnight, have some blood work done, take steroids.  Of course the vets are talking surgery.  I think Kip’s family is going to insist on a second opinion tomorrow morning and take him to their regular vet.  Jim and Sarah returned from the Cleveland Clinic today.  Jim has been there for two months trying to remedy the heart/infection problem that has plagued him since last August.  It is inconceivable that they would come home to an injured Kip.  More good thoughts, please — this has been a very bumpy road for Kip’s family.

    I’ve recommended conservative treatment — crate rest and drugs.  Hopefully their vet will agree.

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