phil.

glad all seems to be going well for vergie and hoshie!

Jenifer Gilley
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From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Phil Scovell
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:35 PM
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Subject: Update on Virgie


Virgie and Hoshie made it last night and Doc came over and checked her out
thoroughly.  Hoshie I mean; not Virgie.  Anyhow, Doc is pretty certain that
Hoshie has some leg and joint problems which he believes can easily be
treated using anti-inflammatories.  He believes a couple of vertebras are
also out so tomorrow the animal chiropractor he uses, and we have used many
times with one of our dogs with amazing results, is coming to see what she
thinks.  Doc believes she has at least two more good years of use, Hoshie I
am referring to now and not Virgie, and unless the animal neurologist finds
something else, or if he wants to do more testing before he agrees with
Doc's findings or not, it would appear what Hosie has is very treatable.
Doc is positive, based upon the x-rays and records Virgie brought with her,
that Hoshie in no way has a brain tumor but he still thinks the neurologist
should look Hoshie over to see if he agrees with Doc's findings, blood work,
and diagnosis.  Virgie's son is coming to Denver in a few days for a
business meeting so she'll get to visit with her son.  He lives in New
Mexico so he isn't far away.  Virgie is staying at my son's home behind our
house so she is only about 75 feet from our back door and can come over by
walking down the driveway any time she wants.  Everett and Donna have an
extra room upstairs in their house for Virgie and Hoshie.  Anyhow, your
continued prayers for Hoshie would be appreciated but at first glance, the
report seems good overall.  Those of you with guide dogs know just how
stressful something like this is so pray for Virgie, too.  Her plane trip
yesterday was a nightmare, almost, and Hoshie ended up being forced to walk
a very long distance in Washington DC thanks to the airline assistant who
made Virgie miss her next plane.  They will be hear long enough for Doc to
see if his diagnosis and treatment is on target.  Our little dog, Skip, has
been worked on by the chiropractor many times and he improves overnight,
generally, with just a single treatment.  I was very very skeptical about
the chiropractor but when I saw what she did for Skip, we call her every so
often to come and work on him because his little back goes out very easily.
There was a time when Skip got so bad at first, he couldn't hardly walk,  so
We took him to a couple of other vets and finally, since we had just met
Doctor Cahill, we called him to come and put Skip to sleep because his back
legs simply were not working and he was falling and looked so pathetic.  He
treated him totally differently.  Plus, I was afraid he was in terrible
pain, too.  Doc refused to put him to sleep because he said he could treat
him and sure enough, he came out of it and the chiropractic treatments also
played a major role in his recovery.  He runs and jumps and walks normally
now.

Phil.