Well, no one said it’d be easy, right? Always when I think we’re on the right path and take a step forward, we go right back downhill. The last few days have been back to pure discomfort for my poor boy. It is constant up and down and readjusting, never fully resting. And watching him so uncomfortable is killing me. My last ditch effort to help him has been to take him off everything except for his 300mg (2x/day) of gabapentin starting yesterday. I even took him off all his supplements. And while I don’t want to jinx it, today he seemed to be slightly better. He was even excited when I offered a walk – something that has yet to happen! We walked down to the end of our street and back and it was the happiest I’ve seen him since his amputation.
Maybe I need to accept that he will have good and bad days? Or maybe I need to just be patient? I can’t help but keep thinking he is dealing with phantom limb pain and maybe one of his meds/supplements is not agreeing with him on top of that. Part of me doesn’t know what to think anymore.
For now, we will continue to take things a day at a time and hope we turn that corner for good. We also have our acupuncture appointment tomorrow which I’m excited for. Stay tuned…
Lots of love,
Finn and Casey
Casey, I’m so sorry, I wish you guys had an easier time. I know you’re following Akeela’s story so you know you are not alone right?
I do think that in a journey like this you need a little bit of acceptance and a lot of patience. He is a big boy, and he’s on his own timeline. But he will get there.
Don’t do anything else with his meds until you get with a pain specialist. I hope the acupuncturist has some good insight for you. Please keep us posted OK?
Thanks, Jerry. Sorry, I don’t mean for it to sound like I’m all over the place with his meds. It’s been a whirlwind of advice from different vets. I did make sure it was ok to restart his gabapentin while keeping him off everything else. The acupuncturist is also a DVM who studied traditional Chinese veterinary medicine so he uses a mixed approach. I’m hoping he has some insight on what is going on and how to manage it. I’m not sure we are cut out to see anymore new vets after this…