Monday, August 17, 2009

Dog Food?! HUH??

So, I just got done blogging about Logan going back to the old standby of ground beef and rice like he did after the first round of chemo, and as I was typing, his head is pushing the chair away next to me at the kitchen table. I thought he was telling me he needed to go out. Nope - not it. Ummmm....the cat is on your bed again isn't she?? Nope. Your water dish is empty? Nope, full. Well, what the???
I finally figured it out - it was right there in front of me. Logan's brother's food dish with a little DOG FOOD left in it. HUH? Could Logan possibly be after the left over DOG FOOD??
Yes my friends - Logan just downed two bowls of dry dog food! He mainly "inhaled" it, as I think actually chewing it is a bit difficult for him. But - wow!! Not getting my hopes up that this will continue but.......a bright ending to a crappy day, I must say!

Anyway, we have an appointment for him to go to a neurologist tomorrow morning for the cranial atrophy. His eye on the opposite side of the surgery has been really twitching, especially when he chews. It's sort of freaky to watch, actually. His eye sort of pulls back in his head and rolls to the center. Very weird. You can tell it's totally related to whatever muscular issue he has going on. The doc we're seeing tomorrow isn't really my first choice, but I want him to go somewhere asap, and our general vet hasn't called back yet with any other referral. As I mentioned previously - no more surgeries or treatments for anything....we just need to ensure there's nothing causing him any pain that we're unaware of. I really do feel like the muscle / eye / jaw tremor thing is related to nerve damage during the mandibulectomy surgery, but hey....I'm no vet!

There's a really nice lady on one of my yahoo forums about canine cancer who is going to ask her canine holistic specialist in New York if he knows of anyone in our area that we may be able to take Logan to. It sounds like he is really, really good and focuses on herbal meds related specifically to the problem or disease. He's had a lot of success. If that doesn't work out, then I feel like we're basically just playing "close your eyes and point" as far as finding a good specialist in this area who isn't affiliated with the hospital we've been going to.

Well, off to cook up some more doggie meals. Ummmm...I'm a little tired :)

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