Hello All, I am hoping to get some feed back on this. Shelby, who will be 6 on August 10th, is in the "hospital". Last night, she was acting a little strange before we all went to bed, she had to be on my lap at all times (this isnt real strange, she thinks she is a lap dog anyway, but all she did was sit and hang her head), she would take no "bait" to play with either my son or with her boxer sister, Ariel. She also refused popcorn which was the BIG sign she just didn't feel well. We went to bed at about 11 and I was awoke at 1:30 to what I thought was Ariel being mean to the cat. It was Shelby trying to stand. As soon as I talked to her and calmed her down she lay and was fine. I started to walk to the rest room and she tried to follow. She couldnt walk. I then picked her up and carried her into the kitchen. We sat on the floor and that is when I noticed her eyes, the were constantly moving back and forth. Her head and whole body was all wobbley, and she was also shaking like a leaf.
By 2:15 my husband and I were meeting the vet. My first thought was stroke. His was inner ear. She does have fluid in both he said. He gave her three shots. One to calm her, a antibiotic, and cortizone to help infamation. And we settled her in her spot for the rest of the evening after the shot to calm her started to kick in. This vet is scaring the beegeebee's out of me. He said, if she is going to get better it takes 2 to 3 days. If not, then it could be a tumor or something like that causing all this. With Boxers he say's, you never know what can happen.
She has had yeast problems with her ears all her life, she even had seizers up until she was about 8 months. Nothing like this has happened before though and it is so scary.
I am going in this morning to check on her and to give and get more info. But in the mean time....has anyone got anything to share??? Good or Bad. Please say a prayer for our Sunshine Shelby either way.
By 2:15 my husband and I were meeting the vet. My first thought was stroke. His was inner ear. She does have fluid in both he said. He gave her three shots. One to calm her, a antibiotic, and cortizone to help infamation. And we settled her in her spot for the rest of the evening after the shot to calm her started to kick in. This vet is scaring the beegeebee's out of me. He said, if she is going to get better it takes 2 to 3 days. If not, then it could be a tumor or something like that causing all this. With Boxers he say's, you never know what can happen.
She has had yeast problems with her ears all her life, she even had seizers up until she was about 8 months. Nothing like this has happened before though and it is so scary.
I am going in this morning to check on her and to give and get more info. But in the mean time....has anyone got anything to share??? Good or Bad. Please say a prayer for our Sunshine Shelby either way.
I tried to get her to take some water but she wanted nothing to do with it, so I just dipped my fingers in and wetted her jowles and tonge for her. The Vet, Dr. Overmyer, said that if she didn't start drinking by this afternoon, they would either do some fluid under the skin or IV to keep her hydrated.
