Oh wow I am glad that Skip is doing better.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: Update on Skip The Dog


> Sandy took Skip to another place today and without doing x-rays or even
> checking him over, the lady put him on the floor and watched him.  Skip
> either has a slipped disk or just a pulled muscle.  Just before Sandy took
> him, I was feeling him to see if he was still shaking.  I felt the
quivering
> at the base of his neck and mentioned it to Sandy so she could point it
out
> to the vet.  The lady could see his muscle spasms without touching his
neck.
> They put him on an I V steroid treatment for a few minutes and gave us
> steroid medication to give him at home.  He is already better and the
muscle
> spasms are greatly reduced and at times are not there at all.  I carried
him
> outside and down the seven steps of our deck to the ground and sat him
down
> gently.  He walked around for about 15 minutes and would not come to me
all
> that time.  Finally, when he was ready, he came back, I picked him up, and
> carried him back inside.  How much did it cost?  41 dollars is all.  The
> first vet, the owner is a Christian and a personal friend of ours, charged
> 180 dollars and didn't even diagnose it correctly.  Sandy said this same
> treatment is commonly used in humans with slipped disks.
>
> Phil.
>
>