Sooooo...a little story-I left on time (which is good for me) with my directions and a shortcut. When I got to the end of my shortcut, there was a road closed sign-my shortcut was a secondary road and no warning! ACK! Lost 15 minutes backtracking-and could not figure out where the detour was taking me! Finally got to the part where Mapquest picked up and as I am driving these roads notice that they are not marked, and when they are, they do not match mapquest. So after many wrong turns and Kramer thinking he might need to puke (we stopped-he got out and wandered a bit) we showed up 30 minutes late, but the tech and vet were very nice about it. Thankfully! Kind of funny now...then I was cursing mapquest, the DOT, and all their future generations...
Anyway, the tech was great. He explained what was going to happen and talked to me about the chiropractic device that the vet used. It was like a little hole punch kind of thing (not really-but it kind of made that noise) like a stamp type of thing. I decided to go along with it because it was so mild-and because he explained where Kramer's spine is fused and how his neck was in a spasm of some sort (?). So he stamped that thing (on his thumb, on Kramer) all up and down and all over, then used these spiked (nubbed?) magnetic balls all over him. Kramer then proceeded to go under the bench to get a treat that had fallen on the floor.
So that little bit seemed to help.
Then he put the needles in-all over-Kramer scraped the one on his head off on my knee. Goof! The vet said he's a little more active than most 15 year olds...which of course made my day (and Kramer's). Of course Kramer did not stand still, did not act relaxed, or anything I was expecting to see. But that was okay. THEN, the vet pulls out these boxes-he did that light therapy stuff (?) with him-red light. Very neat-whatever it was! Psychedelic at the very least. The vet was great. He asked Kramer (his bloat x-ray was with the others that we brought from the vet) how are you still alive? And Kramer just smiled.
So we finished up. I told him that Kramer jumps in the car on his own still and he asked that he not do that so I used Nina's harness on him (I brought it in case he broke Kramer). He also told me to have Kramer pee, that he would have to, and I thought
whatever, but yes, Kramer did pee, which is unusual in strange places.
He's to be quiet for 24 hours. We go back next week. He's sleeping now.
He was able to sit in the car instead of stand (or lay down-but he can't lay down and backseat drive at the same time-so he stands) on the ride home which was an immediate improvement. He would have fallen asleep I think, but again, he has to drive, dammit!
I just want his legs not to slip, get a little looseness and flexibility back if possible, and allow him to lay down more easily. Not marathons! Just maintain what we have with a little extra.
Already, he was able to pick a treat up off the floor without working to get it-that was huge-his neck is longer!
Meanwhile, I am all tensed up still from driving for about 2.5 hours
where's my acupuncture?!?!