Friday, January 24, 2003

Please Pray for Our Dalmatian Baby...Please



Now, after what we just went through with Jerry...our Dalmatian, Darby is in trouble. Way back in January 1999, Darby was diagnosed with Wobbler's Disease. This is a degenerative disease that causes the spinal column to encroach upon the spinal cord until the animal is in severe pain and is ultimately paralyzed. We have gone through major treatment for Darbs....from $5,000 spinal cord surgery with a neuro surgeon in Michigan to Gold Bead implantation at the acupuncture points with a vet in Indiana. He was doing so well. People could not believe how well he was doing over the last 3 years. But now....it is all changing.

Poor Darby has been yelping in pain at night. It is starting to come back....and we are very afraid. He is currently at
OSU Vet Hospital having a myleogram (whereby they shoot dye into his spinal fluid and take contrast pictures of his spinal column). This is very dangerous in and of itself....as the last time, Darby starting having seizures and they could not stop the seizures for 16 hours. However, it is the only way they can assess what is happening in there so that they can determine if there is anything that they can do for him.

They are not sure that there is anything more that they can do....and that is the scariest part of all. Please, Please, PLEASE pray for our first baby. We love the big guy so much...and he is so alive and loving and happy.....please pray for him.

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