Comments on: Two Cans of Food in Lucy http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/ Six Dogs All Having Fun Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:27:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cynthia http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/#comment-18793 Cynthia Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:51:14 +0000 http://tiptail.com/?p=881#comment-18793 Hi Michelle nice to meet you! I do have more posts about Lucy's megaE... follow here: http://tiptail.com/tag/megaesophagus/ :) Oh your Giesha is much too young to suffer from this! I'm so sorry. There is a lot of information out there about MegaE now.. a yahoo group and a ning community too. Having a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis is actually kinda nice... Lucy was tested for that and it was negative, so we have no idea why she has it. Your Giesha has a great deal of hope! If you can build her a Bailey's Chair, it makes feeding a lot easier. I worry about Lucy choking too, but so far so good, when she regurgitates it comes up clean and none has gotten into her windpipe as of yet, and we hope it never will. That is what we worry about the most. Feel free to email me back! Cynthia Hi Michelle nice to meet you! I do have more posts about Lucy’s megaE… follow here: http://tiptail.com/tag/megaesophagus/

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Oh your Giesha is much too young to suffer from this! I’m so sorry. There is a lot of information out there about MegaE now.. a yahoo group and a ning community too. Having a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis is actually kinda nice… Lucy was tested for that and it was negative, so we have no idea why she has it.

Your Giesha has a great deal of hope! If you can build her a Bailey’s Chair, it makes feeding a lot easier. I worry about Lucy choking too, but so far so good, when she regurgitates it comes up clean and none has gotten into her windpipe as of yet, and we hope it never will. That is what we worry about the most.

Feel free to email me back!
Cynthia

]]> By: michelle http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/#comment-18790 michelle Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:14:17 +0000 http://tiptail.com/?p=881#comment-18790 Hi to you and Lucy! i have a border collie cross Lab female called Giesha. SHe is like my child and has been diagnosed with megasoesophagus and myasthenia gravis. she is only 2 years old. you havent written any comments since June about Lucy, so i was wondering how she is doing? I love my dog so much that i cant bear the thought of her suffocating in bed next to me (as some websites have indicated can happen)I need to be fair to her and i want her to have a quality life. So if its not going to be possible i will have to consider putting her down....Please tell me how Lucy is doing so that i know if there is hope or not. p.s i do feed her from a height which does help keep her food down (most times)but her hind legs are weak and shaky so she cant stand up which makes lifting her up even harder. regards and thanks for sharing your story about Lucy. michelle please email me on mmontgomery@distell.co.za if you get a chance. Hi to you and Lucy! i have a border collie cross Lab female called Giesha. SHe is like my child and has been diagnosed with megasoesophagus and myasthenia gravis. she is only 2 years old. you havent written any comments since June about Lucy, so i was wondering how she is doing? I love my dog so much that i cant bear the thought of her suffocating in bed next to me (as some websites have indicated can happen)I need to be fair to her and i want her to have a quality life. So if its not going to be possible i will have to consider putting her down….Please tell me how Lucy is doing so that i know if there is hope or not.

p.s i do feed her from a height which does help keep her food down (most times)but her hind legs are weak and shaky so she cant stand up which makes lifting her up even harder.

regards and thanks for sharing your story about Lucy.

michelle
please email me on mmontgomery@distell.co.za if you get a chance.

]]> By: Lora http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/#comment-17581 Lora Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:30:17 +0000 http://tiptail.com/?p=881#comment-17581 Fingers crossed she will continue to keep food down. Loras last blog post..<a href="http://itsthedogslife.com/?p=588" rel="nofollow">What a week….</a> Fingers crossed she will continue to keep food down.

Loras last blog post..What a week….

]]> By: Michael http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/#comment-17575 Michael Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:15:14 +0000 http://tiptail.com/?p=881#comment-17575 Glad to hear Lucy is doing better!! I hate to see my dogs or cat sick. It can seriously ruin my day, and makes me feel helpless. Sounds like you are doing a great job though.. Glad to hear Lucy is doing better!!

I hate to see my dogs or cat sick. It can seriously ruin my day, and makes me feel helpless. Sounds like you are doing a great job though..

]]> By: Tatum Tot Spice » Blog Archive » It’s Good To Be A Smooth Collie http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/#comment-17574 Tatum Tot Spice » Blog Archive » It’s Good To Be A Smooth Collie Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:48:42 +0000 http://tiptail.com/?p=881#comment-17574 [...] the beds and let her do all the work! But we didn’t even get any bones, because the Mum says Lucy isn’t feeling well and she has to eat her food like every half hour through the day. Man… I want some of that [...] [...] the beds and let her do all the work! But we didn’t even get any bones, because the Mum says Lucy isn’t feeling well and she has to eat her food like every half hour through the day. Man… I want some of that [...]

]]> By: Cynthia Blue http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/#comment-17561 Cynthia Blue Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:08:05 +0000 http://tiptail.com/?p=881#comment-17561 Thanks Christy. I'm so glad she's feeling better, though I'm still worried about her. Thanks Christy. I’m so glad she’s feeling better, though I’m still worried about her.

]]> By: Cynthia Blue http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/#comment-17560 Cynthia Blue Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:07:38 +0000 http://tiptail.com/?p=881#comment-17560 Thanks Ann.. she seems perky today, too. :) Thanks Ann.. she seems perky today, too. :)

]]> By: Christy http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/#comment-17554 Christy Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:18:18 +0000 http://tiptail.com/?p=881#comment-17554 Ahh glad to hear that things are getting a bit better. It makes my heart ache when the pups aren't feeling well. Christys last blog post..<a href="http://myspoileddogs.blogspot.com/2008/06/limp.html" rel="nofollow">The limp...</a> Ahh glad to hear that things are getting a bit better. It makes my heart ache when the pups aren’t feeling well.

Christys last blog post..The limp…

]]> By: Ann http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/#comment-17552 Ann Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:45:19 +0000 http://tiptail.com/?p=881#comment-17552 Glad to hear you all isolated the issue. Glad to to hear she is holding some of it down and her poop is solid. Continuing to keep paws crossed Glad to hear you all isolated the issue. Glad to to hear she is holding some of it down and her poop is solid.
Continuing to keep paws crossed

]]> By: Cynthia Blue http://tiptail.com/2008/06/29/two-cans-of-food-in-lucy/#comment-17546 Cynthia Blue Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:04:33 +0000 http://tiptail.com/?p=881#comment-17546 thanks Doc Ferox! We have tried this a little bit.. Lucy is actually pretty good about it. She's obedience trained and so is pretty good at learning new 'tricks'. I think we have to keep her upright longer, though, as she's still regurgitating some. I do worry that she'll get some in her lungs... but other than that I think we are getting the hang of it. Thanks for your advice too we need all we can get right now! thanks Doc Ferox! We have tried this a little bit.. Lucy is actually pretty good about it. She’s obedience trained and so is pretty good at learning new ‘tricks’. I think we have to keep her upright longer, though, as she’s still regurgitating some. I do worry that she’ll get some in her lungs… but other than that I think we are getting the hang of it. Thanks for your advice too we need all we can get right now!

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