Well, my handsome old man has had his first electroacupuncture treatment, and it seems to have gone well. Sometimes it's hard to tell, though, because he's so much busier here due to all the activity and people coming and going. His bloodwork was fine, and his gait is definitely different after treatment. His legs are closer together in the rear, and his ears are up more (probably indicating less stress over being unable to get around well). Right after treatment, we went outside and he had some diarrhea, despite having had a normal movement right before, but Dr. Vet-Friend Two said she'd released a lot of stagnation and heat from his muscles, so that was his body purging that. Prior to the treatment, he had a weak, soft, choppy pulse, and that was much improved afterward.
I'll see if Associate Vet-Friend can do a chiropractic adjustment before we go home this evening, and maybe even some Healing Touch for Animals (tm) by one of our techs as well. We shaved the mats behind his big golden ears, and he'll get a nail trim, too. The nail trim will be his least favorite part of the whole day! For the time being, he's napping by my desk, and will enjoy all the extra skritches and ear rubs he'll get throughout the day.
He'll get another treatment next week. We'll be readjusting all his medications and supplements today to see if we can stop the prescription pain meds and use some herbs and other products instead. Barring any unexpected setbacks, I'm pretty optimistic!
Keep your fingers crossed, and I'll keep the updates coming.
(No, not a Frankendog, just Sprocket having electroacupuncture. Oh, that's also the green shirt that I got those hideous shoes to match... shoes are history! I have white UN-hideous ones, but you'll notice I'm barefoot. It's my office, so there! Face cropped out due to severely unattractive under-eye circles.)
3 comments:
puppy doggy actually looks quite relaxed in that picture!
i'm glad things are looking up. :) odin has been quite worried about his old uncle sprocket.
That's the handsome face I adore!!! He does look quite relaxed. I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO happy things look better than your last post about Sprocket. He has so much life in those old eyes of his. He has the bestest mommy in the whole wide world to help him feel better. :) what a LUCKY dog!!!!
Having had electroacupuncture myself, I recognize that look and know it's quite blissful. Good for Sprocket! He's beautiful!
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