It's hard to complain about long wait times at an emergency clinic, because I'm sure I skipped a bunch of people when I brought in my broken dog. Since this visit was just a check up to see what kind of progress she has made (from totally paralyzed, to shaking her hips, to standing, to walking a few shaky steps, to full on barreling around the apartment, my guess was her prognosis would be not too shabby), I was content to just sip my coffee and watch the Roo vs. Waiting Room Dogs show.
This bulldog is an Alpha with a capital A. Doesn't matter the size of dog, gender or if it's a battle scarred pit bull with a crazy eye recently rescued from an underground dog fighting ring, Rooster wants to be recognized as being the baddest MF around. She will growl like a rabid wolverine, lunge if her space is invaded and if that doesn't scare the other dog into submission, will try to take a bite out of her opponent. It's a little embarrassing when we see an adorable puppy on the street and instead of playing/sniffing butts, the puppy is quickly taught a life lesson. Don't assume any privileges when it comes to over-sized Frenchies. So when my
After an hour of cooling our heels, we were finally called in to see Dr Prata. And what did this man have to say? Verdict: "T-E-R-R-I-F-I-C!" He actually wrote that word down in her chart and then drew me a graph on her potential progress to 100%. He warned me that she still may never see 100% (I know, I know Doom + Gloom Prata), but at 4 weeks, she is doing T-E-R-R-I-F-I-C. He explained that because she is under 4 years old, her chances of having another disc herniate is at 20%. Or, if I'm feeling like a glass is half full kind of girl, her chances of never having a disc herniate again in her life is 80%.
We will take the 80% success rate please!
VERG is great. A very sick cat was brought back from the edge several times because of them.
ReplyDeleteLet's just hope you don't have to go there when you watch them in December :)
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