Radial nerve damage

Easter weekend my 11 year old golden had runny poop and didn't want to eat, didn't follow me around all day like normal, but just laid in the dining. I boiled a little rice and chicken breast and he ate about 2/3 of it.  Next morning, Easter Sunday, he again refused breakfast, but I got him to take his morning thyroid pill oin a little bread, but he threw it back up.  I was so worried i wouldn't go to chruch and called my son and said I would not be over for Easter Dinner.   About noon I did an egg in the microwave for Buck and he ate it.  Later in the afternoon he was much perkier and that night he ate all the rice and chicken I boiled for him.  I also added canned pumpkin to try to harden his poop some.    By the next day he was fine.
 
You might try boiling rice with a littl chicken or ground beef (I like chicken because it doesn't have the fat) and see if that helps.

Sandra: Thankyou for the tip. I will take it home to J. when i get off work tonite.
Thanks again, i did call her and she said Sallie ate a little bit and is now sleeping peacefully at her feet. She get's out of sorts when J. works and is not home for her. maybe that has something to do with it also.
 
 

Cole, how is baby Sallie this morning???
If she still has the runs, try some cannned pumpkin, the regular stuff, not pie filling. If you give a couple tablespoons, this should bind her up.

she is a little better. took her for a ride, let her look at people around wal mart (makes her laugh), she will not eat anything except a little cottage cheese and some dry dog food that the other dog eats. hey, it is an improvement.
 
thank you

Hi. My dog Teddy was hit by a car last year and suffered a radial nerve injury. She could not use her front right leg. We took her to every vet we could find, about 15 in total, including 2 neurologists, and everyone told us to wait 4 to 6 months to see if the nerve would heal. If not, we would have to amputate.

No one gave us any hope. Nor did they give us good information about physical therapy. But having had some orhopedic problems myself, I knew it was crucial to keep moving Teddy's shoulder, wrist and toes to maintain her range of motion in case the nerve came back. Despite our best efforts, including bringing her to hydrotherapy 3 times a week, we were losing the battle. Her paw and leg had atrophied terribly, and we could not get her paw to bend sufficiently so that she would be able to put it flat on the floor if she even tried to walk on it.

Five months after the accident, and totally by chance, we found another vet, Dr. Jason Fusco at the Animal Medical Center in NY, who recommended a carpal arthrodesis, or fusion of the wrist Teddy could not move. Teddy's wrist was fused into a flexed position. She was casted for 8 weeks or so, and now, 1 year ost-op, she's running and playing on 4 legs again, even though the nerve injury did not heal.

The irony is that this is not a new procedure. Its been around since the 1960s, and not one single vet, besides Dr. Fusco, even mentioned it as an option. The only reason that Teddy was a candidate for the surgery 5 months after the accident, was that her shoulder, leg and wrist were not yet completely "frozen," thanks to the physical therapy.

I urge anyone in this position to not accept that amputation is inevitable. Physical therapy is crucial and a solution may be possible, even if the nerve does not heal.
 
Judy

Judy-
Keep in mind that just b/c a procedure isn't "new" doesn't mean it is common. This happens to be a surgery which can only be done by a boarded surgeon, of which there are few, and of those, only a select handful will do. This is something that'll take research by someone interested, and a surgery which many general practice DVMs may be unfamiliar.

The dog pics are adorable. The rest of my responses will be posted at the Care2 boards where you posted for us techs for advice. -christine

Prayers and candles for Sallie tonight.
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Please join us, we as a group have worked miracles before and this little girl needs our prayers.
Thanks

Well, we are back from a week in Canada at the cabin. Sallie had a great time lounging on the patio barking and talking to the blue jays and the squirrels. Still no response on her paralyzed leg. sometimes it seems she isn't even aware of the leg. then other times she licks it like crazy. i notice when she is sleeping and all her body is twitching, jerking, etc like they do, there is no twitching or jerking in that limb. but we keep massaging, range of motion exercising and praying.

It would be really helpful if you could get acupuncture for her.  That can often reduce inflammation and aid healing like nothing else can.  My guess is that there is some 'feeling' there ... but it's probably negative at times (it likely either tingles or is painful -- maybe from lack of circulation or more likely nerve tingles.  When she bites at it does it help to massage it??