Lil
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Our little girl Suzie has developed bladder cancer - TCC. We know this is incurable and we know she only has 3 to 6 months, 9 to 12 with chemo, which we haven't chosen to do. She's on piroxicam. In the last three weeks - we noticed she has a bad wobble – weakness in her back legs. She literally will fall down at times and it got progressively worse. I took her to the vet yesterday and the diagnosis was – not related to the cancer at all, but some form of myopathy. She gave her a “laser treatment” and sent her home. Last night she had a seizure…stiff as a board, lost bladder control…lasted about 30 seconds. It was her second of the day. The first, I had not really been sure about, as I only caught the very end of it, and we've realized a prior incident when she fell and lost bladder control the day before may have been one before. She does not seem out of it afterwards. Within a minute, she’s up and about and fine. I call the vet in a panic and she seems to think that this also is a separate thing…”old dogs sometimes develop seizure disorders.”
Really? This dog has never been ill. Within a month, she gets cancer, myopathy and a seizure disorder? Is this even possible? I just don’t know what to think. Any kind of help anyone could give me would be so appreciated!
Really? This dog has never been ill. Within a month, she gets cancer, myopathy and a seizure disorder? Is this even possible? I just don’t know what to think. Any kind of help anyone could give me would be so appreciated!