“Sing Me To You”, my Fury Friend
Guests Janet and Mike came to Estes Park from England. One of the cool things about being an innkeeper is the heart warming moment of a guest sharing a piece of themselves. Mike sang and played Eric's guitar for us.
Janet has a veterinarian practice back in the U.K. For those of you who know of Maggie's most recent illness...this may interest you: Janet termed Maggie as having had "Senile Vestibular Syndrome". A treatable circulatory disorder. If your dog suddenly looses her balance, and eyes begin to dart rapidly investigate further before "turning off the lights". Be careful about excepting a drug which may mimic existing symptoms. Maggie is doing great and we expect her to live out her life fully.
Click this picture for great blog which outlines the condition well. I met this dog at Estes Park's memorial day art market. Maggie's treatment: patients, exercise, hand feeding fresh rice and tuna, holding her hind end--help her walk, light on 24/7. Keep off stairs and away from large rocks.wrongly diagnosed with arthritis or a stroke, "just old". Don't fall trap. Your dog will recover assuming they were relatively healthy before hand, and you help with exercise, eat, rest.
A word from Doctor Janet, of the U.K. Janet was very familiar with the condition and offered the following: It’s a circulatory disorder, correctable by giving your dog anything that will improve blood flow to heart, brain and joints, doing so may prevent onset or recurrence. Drug used in U.K. is manufactured by Intervet the brand name is, “Vivitonin”. The actual drug is called “propentophylline”. Janet said it is the dog version of a stroke, but their isn’t a blood clot. Maggie had 2 or 3 mini episodes before she had, “the grand mall”. She had a second grand mall, when we allowed her to become sleep deprived–we believe in both cases she had not had much sleep. We have her on lecithin granules and fish oil, and a 10 PM bed time. Click photo for video of another dog.
Cat’s are also prone to Senile Vestibular Syndrome. Symptoms: Sudden onset of confusion, panic, eyes darting, stiff legs, or weak legs, falling, walking circles, (vertigo), loose of appetite (due to being dizzie), Maggie’s tung seemed to be twisted; but not sure, head tilt, heavey breathing (fear). Some or all the above occures quickly. It took us a couple days to pin point all her symptoms. In all Maggie was still making improvements 3 months later. The worst of it was over after 3 weeks.
