Update on Ben and his chiropractor…
Wednesday I took Ben back to the chiropractor. He was doing much better as far as his neck was concerned, but he was still limping and still had hip pain and weakness.
She treated his neck again, his cervicals and upper thoracics, and his sacrum (base of the spine.) This time he slept the entire trip home, and when he got home, he went outside and then came back in and slept some more. He finally woke up when my wife came home for lunch. We watched him stand and move around, and we were guardedly optimistic. His limp was not as pronounced, he was getting up and moving better, and more often, and he was smiling and WAGGING - which he hadn’t done much of since he got hurt. Ben has always been a smiler and a wagger (he even wags at the vet’s with a thermometer in his butt!).
Since Wednesday, he has continued to improve - his muscles aren’t spasming now, he’s walking with a better gait, he has much less trouble getting up and down, and, of course, he’s smiling and wagging again. My wife said she would believe he was getting better when he greeted her at the door when she comes home for lunch. Well, Thursday and Friday he did just that! When he got hurt, I had just bought him a new toy, which he hasn’t paid much attention to - until today. Today he started playing with it and carrying it around. Yay, Ben!
Ben seems to be on the mend now. Hopefully, he’ll just keep getting better. And, yes, we’re going to continue his chiropractic treatments…
(BTW - if you are in Northeastern Oklahoma and want to take your dog or cat to a chiropractor, Ben’s chiropractor is Jody Barkley, DC and she’s located in Skiatook, OKlahoma.)
