I thought Frankie was so much better from her UTI and/or some other type of bladder problem. She has been taking antibiotics and gabapentin for pain. Since she didn't seem to have the urgency to go ouitside so much I didn't give her the gabapentin yesterday morning.
She spent all day Saturday, Monday and five hours yesterday at the Vet while they collected enough urine to send in for a BARF test to test for transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). They have to collect it free style for this particular test, and they need a lot, so it took a long time.
On Monday night she lost control of her back legs and fell twice. She got up quickly. I thought it might have been because she spent all day in a cage at the Vet's. Last night (Tuesday) she fell like that three times after getting home from the Vet. I was concerned and was watching her closely. I restarted the gabapentin last night.
At 2:00 a.m. I woke up to her wailing loudly (deafeningly loud). Her bed is about three feet from mine. I jumped up and went to her immediately. She had stopped wailing by the time I got there and was just lying there. I was very frightened. I sat with her for a long time and then went back to bed.
She got me up at 6:00 a.m. to go outside. We went outside and I fed her. She didn't seem completely like herself but seemed okay. I emailed the Vet at 7:00. They open at 7:30. At 8:00 I received an email back from her.
She said that French Bulldogs can have a back problem that causes them to fall like that, but it's not related to back issues. She said she would see her today if I wanted to. I don't want her to spend another day at the Vet, and I don't know what she could do to get to the bottom of this problem, so I'm going to just watch her again today. I don't think she has a back problem. I think it's all related to the same issue.
She also said that Frankie seemed very relaxed in the crate at the Vet's and got a lot of attention. They carried her outside so she wouldn't have to walk so far and didn't observe any walking issues outside.
Sorry this is so long. I'll try not to make future posts so long. I'm just worried about her. She goes back in on Saturday for another bladder ultrasound and urinalysis. If she's still having issues with her legs I will have them check her out at that time if it isn't more urgent before then.
I did send my Vet an email yesterday with about four questions that I had related to her bladder issues. She addressed all of them.
If anyone has had a similar issue with their dog I would appreciate hearing about it.
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