Nossa Raja tem estado doentinha desde maio do ano passado, enquanto ainda estávamos na Suíça. Quando chegamos no Brasil em junho/03 , foi detectado giárdia , glândula de odor inflamada, pedras na bexiga e diminuição intervertebral.

Em 12.10 ela teve a primeira paralisia das patas traseiras. Foi medicada com Citoneurin e voltou a andar.

16.11 voltou a perder o equilíbrio com fraqueza nas patas traseiras e voltamos com citoneurin.

19.11 fez uma cirurgia para retirada de um tumor de pele benigno.

02.12 Ela teve paralisia novamente que dura ate hoje

11.12 Teve a primeira convulsão. Foi medicada com Dexa citoneurin. As convulsões se davam a cada 20 minutos,

12.12 Deu entrada na UTI veterinária com hipotermia, convulsões, desidratada, anêmica, com 430 gramas, quase em coma. Ficou quatro dias internada, medicada com valium para as convulsões, tomou soro intraosseo pelo fêmur, foi alimentada a cada 1 hora e meia.

16.12 voltou para casa. Medicada com flotryl e rimadyl. Alimentada a cada 2 horas. Fisioterapia com água morna. Ajuda para urinar e para defecar.

30.12 convulsionou uma vez e parou. Visita ao veterinário , engordou 130 gramas. Medicada com Petprazol e Keflex.

04.01 Voltou a convulsionar com intervalo de 2 horas, hora Aplicamos Valium em casa.

05.01 convulsões continuam.

06.01 Nova visita ao veterinário. Fizemos Raio X da coluna vertebral, cervical e lombar e hemograma. Foi constada diminuição dos espaços vertebrais e desgaste ósseo. Pouca possibilidade de voltar a andar. Medicada novamente com Rimadyl alem do Petprazol e Keflex. Voltou a convulsionar as 20:30 , as 00:50 e a 1:10. Demos valium em casa.

07.01 ate as 14:30 não voltou a convulsionar. Comeu bem (1 latinha de A/D por dia) e fez as necessidades. Já com 660 gramas. O hemograma mostrou apenas anemia. Em 2 semanas o veterinário  quer revê-la e provavelmente teremos que refazer os Raio X para ver se houve uma piora da coluna.

Our Raja got sick first in May 2003 when we still were living in Switzerland and she went through different examinations at the veterinary institute of the local university. End of June we arrived in Brazil where giardia was detected in Raja. She also got her gland infected, got bladder stones and even a intervertebral disease.

12.10: Raja shows the first paralization of her hind legs. After a medication with Citoneurin she started walking normally again.

16.11: She started again to weaken her hind legs and to lose her ballance. Thus she was taken on Citoneurin again.

19.11: A surgery was necessary to remove a skin tumor on Raja´s back.

2.12: The paralization of Raja´s hind legs started again and has not disappeared til today (7.1.04)

11.12: She had her first seizure and was put on Dexa Citoneurin. Anyway the seizures (with screaming) appeared now every 20 minutes.

12.12: Raja has been taken to the vet Intensive Treatement Station with hipothermia, seizures, anemia, only 430g of weight (her normal is 600-700) and nearly in  coma. She was hospitalized for 4 days and was put on valium  and infusion in her femur. Every 90 minutes she had to be fed.

16.12: We brought her back home and put her onBaytril  and Rimadyl, feeding her every 2 hours. As shown in the picture we also started to make physiotherapy in warm water with her. Additionally she has to get help to urinate and defecate.

30.12: The only seizure within 3 weeks appeared during a vet examination . In the meantime she got more or less 130g more of weight. We started medication with Petprazol and Keflex.

4.1: The seizures came back with an interval of 2 hours (without screaming). We gave her valium at home to calm her down.

5.1: Unfortunatly in spite of the valium the seizures continued.

6.1: We visited the vet again, took an x-ray of her whole spine and made a bloodtest. Was detected a serious spinal bone degeneration . The vet doesn´t give much hope, that Raja will ever walk again normally. The medication with Rimady, Petprazol and Keflex has to go on. The seizures came back the same night at 20:30, 0:50 and 1:10. With 0.5mg of valium she calmed down again.

Nowadays Raja gets 2-3 seizures per day (05-15 seconds, without screaming). She eats very well (1 can of A/D per day) and got back her old weight of about 700g and tries to walk again (she starts feeling her hind legs ). The blood works showed only anemia.