Wishing for Christmas miracles.

I will be posting about my giveaway later tonight, so stay tuned. A lot of you already know that our little pooch Alma is not doing so hot.

She has been trying to stand on her own this morning which is a good sign. It was a rough night for me as I stayed up with her, anytime I wasn't touching her she would start crying. If you read about it you will see that a lot of dogs do come out of it, we hope we are that lucky.

She was hospitalized for a few days after suffering a bad bout with vestibular disease. We have
her home now and are taking care of her, but she's in rough shape. She can't move and can only lay on her left side. We have to hand feed and give water.

All of this after a fun romp in the yard on Sunday morning, she got very excited when she came in, then her legs went out on her and here we are.

Here are a few links if you want to read more about vestibular disease. We didn't know anything about it before this happened. The doctors have basically ruled out ear infection or thyroid problems as the cause and think that it's central (neurological). The best we can do is wait a few more days to see if there's improvement, but the poor girl is laying in her box and continually crying. Not the Christmas plans we set out. We are trying to stay positive. She is such a major part of our lives like any of you with pets probably know.

Wish her luck.

-don & joy

A photo from a couple Christmases ago, we didn't get around to getting a holiday card together this year.

http://www.petplace.com/dogs/vestibular-disease-in-dogs/page1.aspx

http://www.canine-epilepsy.com/vestibular.html

http://marvistavet.com/html/body_vestibular_disease.html