i need vet advise...dixie dancer!!!!

[shais_mom]

I am sorry I am getting here late. But I missed this topic, don't have much time to check the other topics.
I am an xray tech at a people hospital and I can only imagine that for some dogs and for some positioning that they do need to be anesthized. I am only speaking from experience when I took Kylie to work to xray her leg. I wish I could have given her something to knock her out. I would have gotten a much better image. When Jodi and I took Bailey (her new kitty) to xray her leg it was the front, and she was in such pain and was just a baby at the time that holding her was a breeze.
Keep in mind, I don't work at an animal hospital(would love to tho) so I am not familiar with the goings on, just giving my professional opinion. Now in some instances like CAT scans or MRIs the animal obviousley has to be knocked out. There is no other way.
Come to think of it, it would easier to xray some of my patients knocked out!
Especially the little wiggle worms!!I love kids, I love my nephews so much, but I don't like to xray kids!! Its so traumatic for them. But its for their best interest. Good luck!! Keep us posted.

[delidog]

thanks shais mom....i guess i am just overreacting to the anesthesia part...but the deli is doing better...i just have to decide when i want to get her x-rayed now....and put my personal fears aside......thanks for your support and kind words....the deli dog

[joycenalex]

dear delidog, rimadyl can be very helpful, but some dogs will have horrible reactions to it. did your vet suggest liver chemistry blood work to make sure delilahs' liver can tolerate the rimadyl?
BTW shais_mom i too am an xray tech south of you in columbus and on occasion i have wished that a patient could be mildly sedated too. i was knocked down by a patient once, luckily tho' none have tried to bite me.

[Sudilar]

Liver functions should be checked regularly when on Rimadyl. Please check into that. Good luck.

Sue and Killian

[delidog]

no my vet said nothing about liver functions and rimadyl... i think that i should be in the market for a new vet...as he was also the one who told me to give her tylenol....specificly....i only gave her 4 rimadyl over 3 days....but he mentioned no side effects at all....sshheesh!!!! i am very frustrated with this man.... the deli dog....p.s. the good news is she is sound as a dollar now....i think that she pulled her flexor tendons when playing....but this is why i am holding off until i find a better vet

[ktreva52]

Well, I have no problem with the concept of anesthetising the dog for the x-rays -- Shiloh had to be when they x-rayed for bladder stones, but I would find another vet! I can't believe he suggested Tylenol and then didn't suggest liver-function checks for the rhimadyl (is that how it's spelled?). Did he draw any blood for baseline numbers before you started the med?

No, 5 1/2 isn't too young for arthritis, unfortunately. Depending on the activity level of the dog, the breed, the weight factor (don't tell Smoke I said anything about that), etc., arthritis can show up even earlier. I hope you find a GOOD vet soon that will take extra good care of Delilah and will keep up with the side effects of her medications. Is this vet an older fellow? Sometimes, the older vets/doctors get so hidebound in what they learned umpteen years ago.....

Prayers and crossed paws for you both.

[delidog]

ktreve52 you are right...and i should know better...no he did not run any blood at all...he just did flexion tests....and the prescribed rimadyl....and prescribed tylenol over the phone...i could kick myself for being so gullable...its' like me going to the doc....you think that because they have a degree that they do the right thing....this vet graduated from the university of pennsylvania....which in my experience has a very strong vet program...i have been to their large animal facility many times...oh well...the past is the past....i will find a new vet for my deli dog!!!! thanks for all the advise,kind words and prayers