Misdiagnosed?

[juliejujubean]

Well about a week ago my pup was limping. Brought her to the vet and pulled out all the stops including sedation to see why. Vet said she seemed to have a slight tear in her back left ligament by the knee. Well yesterday she put weight back on her knee and today she did not get any pain meds (told to give as needed) well today she acted like her good ole spunky self. Stands normal. Going bathroom normal (would hold pee as long as she could so she did not have to squat) and just being normal. Any one have a problem where the vet thought the injury was more serious than it was. Lets say a sprain? Im going to keep her on her limited lifestyle/bedrest until i can get her to another vet for secon opinion (when i visit the hubby out at fort rucker, they have a vet on base). I just want to know if this could be a easy mistake/messup in diagnosing.

[chelle]

I really don't know, but I can say my oldest was diagnosed with luxating patella early on, and they were wrong. I didn't understand, I was afraid, and she went on Rimadyl for a time. (I hate that dang med.) That was not her problem, and 8 years later, no luxating patella. They can be wrong sometimes, but to be safe, take what they say seriously and go from there!

[kr16]

Originally Posted by juliejujubean

Well about a week ago my pup was limping. Brought her to the vet and pulled out all the stops including sedation to see why. Vet said she seemed to have a slight tear in her back left ligament by the knee. Well yesterday she put weight back on her knee and today she did not get any pain meds (told to give as needed) well today she acted like her good ole spunky self. Stands normal. Going bathroom normal (would hold pee as long as she could so she did not have to squat) and just being normal. Any one have a problem where the vet thought the injury was more serious than it was. Lets say a sprain? Im going to keep her on her limited lifestyle/bedrest until i can get her to another vet for secon opinion (when i visit the hubby out at fort rucker, they have a vet on base). I just want to know if this could be a easy mistake/messup in diagnosing.

Weren't you feeding your pup that food that was real high in calcium?

Did your vet take an MRI? that shows ligaments, xrays do not. What tests did he do to get that result?

Pano can do that I think, as with what happened to my pup below. Others with pano experience may chime in.


My pup last month woke up one morning and couldn't even walk, was limping real bad. I had to carry him out to go the bathroom. The next day it was like it never happened, it just went away as fast as it came, never happened again.

[juliejujubean]

Originally Posted by chelle

I really don't know, but I can say my oldest was diagnosed with luxating patella early on, and they were wrong. I didn't understand, I was afraid, and she went on Rimadyl for a time. (I hate that dang med.) That was not her problem, and 8 years later, no luxating patella. They can be wrong sometimes, but to be safe, take what they say seriously and go from there!

Thanks. I plan on taking it seriously, because if it is partial tear just a little more and poof. Need for surgery. I hope the vet wa wrong. I plan on getting another opinion though. For a tear i doubt she should be as well seemily healed as she is. Its been under a week (tomorrow makes it) in thia case i hope the vet was wrong. Ps, im not a big fan of that med. my dad is especially not. He thinks that was the turning point and why king died, me on the other hand, i dont think it killed him. He had a lot of other issues. May he rip.

[chelle]

Originally Posted by juliejujubean

Thanks. I plan on taking it seriously, because if it is partial tear just a little more and poof. Need for surgery. I hope the vet wa wrong. I plan on getting another opinion though. For a tear i doubt she should be as well seemily healed as she is. Its been under a week (tomorrow makes it) in thia case i hope the vet was wrong. Ps, im not a big fan of that med. my dad is especially not. He thinks that was the turning point and why king died, me on the other hand, i dont think it killed him. He had a lot of other issues. May he rip.

I hope the vet was wrong, too. They know more than us for sure, but mistakes can be made. The second opinion sounds like a good thing to do. Meanwhile, take it easy.

Rimadyl was bad for my girl. I know it is effective for some situations, but my girl didn't need it in the first place, and it made her very ill. I will never give that med to another dog without extensive research and a lack of any other reasonable choices. Again, just my one experience with it with one dog.

I don't want to downplay anything, but my dogs have had a little limp here and there that went away after some rest. Probably just played too hard. But still, keep a good eye on things and don't hesitate to go back to the vet -- or go to another bet -- if it reappears.!

[juliejujubean]

Weren't you feeding your pup that food that was real high in calcium?

She gets blue buffalo. It is higher in calcium than others because it being grain free but my vet and the breeder both agreed it was not too high

Did your vet take an MRI? that shows ligaments, xrays do not. What tests did he do to get that result?
Not quite sure what the vet did. No mri or xray but they did sedate her to check it out. I was not allowed where they did the exam. Something about her knee us loose= tear not loose = no tear. Which is why i want a second opinion

What is pano exactly?

[juliejujubean]

Originally Posted by chelle

I hope the vet was wrong, too. They know more than us for sure, but mistakes can be made. The second opinion sounds like a good thing to do. Meanwhile, take it easy.

Rimadyl was bad for my girl. I know it is effective for some situations, but my girl didn't need it in the first place, and it made her very ill. I will never give that med to another dog without extensive research and a lack of any other reasonable choices. Again, just my one experience with it with one dog.

I don't want to downplay anything, but my dogs have had a little limp here and there that went away after some rest. Probably just played too hard. But still, keep a good eye on things and don't hesitate to go back to the vet -- or go to another bet -- if it reappears.!

Im sorry things went bad on that drug. Its sad. I dont like to give it to my girl unless i have to. And i take her off as soon as i can. Did your girl get better?

[kr16]

I would be a little upset with the vet. He or she seems to be guessing I would guess, lol. Not a funny matter Thu, sorry. Sure may be misdiagnosed.

Pano is Panosteitis dont get worked up, it can be minor.

I would look back at that topic with the food you were feeding. A lot of people warned about the high calcium.

Originally Posted by juliejujubean

Weren't you feeding your pup that food that was real high in calcium?

She gets blue buffalo. It is higher in calcium than others because it being grain free but my vet and the breeder both agreed it was not too high

Did your vet take an MRI? that shows ligaments, xrays do not. What tests did he do to get that result?
Not quite sure what the vet did. No mri or xray but they did sedate her to check it out. I was not allowed where they did the exam. Something about her knee us loose= tear not loose = no tear. Which is why i want a second opinion

What is pano exactly?

[chelle]

Originally Posted by juliejujubean

Im sorry things went bad on that drug. Its sad. I dont like to give it to my girl unless i have to. And i take her off as soon as i can. Did your girl get better?

Yes, she did. She did limp for a few days. Her diagnosis was just wrong, OR was her one and only instance of it in eight years. The Rimadyl gave her diahrrea and made her vomit, so I never finished giving her the remainder of the meds. The limping thing self-resolved. All I can think of is she just played / jumped / whatever -- too hard. My experience with that med was horrible, and made my dog very sick, so I'm very gunshy of it now.

[juliejujubean]

Panosteitis is this pretty accurate?
A limp happened once before one her other leg so we did the xrays. Vet said it was a sprain since.
I know you all warned me on the food for high calcium and i appreciate the concern. Other than this we have had no issues. Like i said i did talk to vet and melinda (breeder) and she feeds all her pups adult food in grainless since weaning and she has never had an issue. So i do trust her opinion.