Aging?

This blog entry will all be about my boy - Marco... simply cause he gave me a scare just few days back.

i came back home from work one fine day and he didnt come prancing around, jumping up and down as he usually would. That for one, is strange enough. worse still, he has no interest in his treats.

Observing him the whole night, he seems to be in pain and kept crying (and by dog crying, i meant whining away). It seems to hurt him to get up from sitting/lying position or get into sitting/lying position and i can feel him trembling when he does that and of coz the whining continues.

It was a heart breaking sight that i panic and was in verge of tears watching him hurt so much. i frantically called a few clinics but were told the vets had gone for the day. (which mean it would warrant an emergency to get the vet back to those 24 hr clinic and not to mention the fees which will cost a bomb in such circumstances). In any case, i had decided there and then that i had to bring him to the vet even if he seems better the next day. was suspecting a case of fracture or sprain already and that would definitely not come as a surprise as my boy can really jump and run.

Whole nite i was so flustered and helpless as i could only watch him in pain. i decided to sleep in the living room with him and i literally did not get any sleep at all as it seems the pain got worse as the night goes by, that even when in the middle of the night, he wasnt even moving about but will still feel the pain and just kept looking at me crying as though wanting me to do something for him to stop the pain. The pain kept him (and me) awake thru out the night.

Next morning i immediately brought him to the vet. After some checks, vet concluded my boy's hips are giving him problem - arthritis! He was given 2 jabs (1 for joint and 1 for pain) and voila... i swear he can immediately run! Anyway, vet's advise was not to let him jump or walk/run too much as the moment the little fellow feels better, that's what he will start doing again and will easily get a relapse as this is a persistent problem that will not go away.

and that's what happen when he reaches home. he started running around as though the night never did happened. i always say he must make me spend money before he feels better (the whole fee amounts to $86) and that's not all as i still have to bring him back every wk for jabs for maybe up to a month? and to get him glucosamine supplements to take regularly. (i already got a pill cutter and crusher for that)

By the way, his eyes are also showing signs of clouding which i have to bring to another vet (as this one does not have the machine) to test eye pressure in his eyes and check the back of the eyes for potential problems coz if conditions are serious and left untreated, the dog could go blind when it rapture!!!

my my... is my baby getting old day by day un-noticed by me as it's disguised by his active nature and his child-like behaviour....