Forrest gave us quite a scare sunday/monday. He was trying to go up the stairs sunday afternoon when he suddenly went 'splat' on the third step. He could not get back up or move. We managed to get him onto the floor where he was able to stand, although very wobbly.
He rested the remainder of the afternoon. I carried him outside to "water the grass" and I told Denise that I can't do that too often. A 100 lb dog is a bit much to carry by myself. He was not able to stand for long by himself and we thought that he may have broken something but he did not seem to be distressed, just wobbly. We decided to see what monday would bring.
We slept downstairs with him sunday night. Actually, we didn't sleep with all of the possible outcomes going through our heads. We awoke to him even less mobile, if that was possible. We took him to the Vet where they proceeded to check him out. Neurologically, he was fine. His hips were creaky, but we already knew that. The vet asked what kind of arthritis meds he was on. "What meds?" we replied. "No one here has ever said anything about medication for his creaky bones!"
The vet gave us some anti-inflammatory meds and some pain meds. We took him home and made our own little stretcher from a blanket. The photo above is of us bringing him back inside. We went to Gina's band concert and when we came home, he was sitting up and then tried to walk outside! We were pretty excited to say the least.
This morning when I came downstairs, he was standing in the dining room, tail just a wagging like nothing was wrong! He made it outside by himself, but need help getting back inside.
I came home from work and he was just as happy as can be.... Good drugs! I want some of those for the race in August!!!
We are very thankful that he is on the mend so quickly! We had a wake-up call and now we are in the "Bonus Round" with Forrest.
It sounds so cliche, but really, "Make every day count..."
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