[Dailydrool] Update on my Gracie the limpy girl

[AnitaW]

This is not about Amazing Grace (but that was definitely a wonderful story).
This is an update about my Gracie, who injured the ACL in her back leg
recently.  Originally the Vet put her on Deramaxx and Tramadol - she had a
bad reaction to the Tramadol, so we stopped that immediately and continued
with the Deramaxx and a mild tranquilizer to use at night if needed.  Well,
Gracie got a little bit better each day, and in the meantime I traded emails
with Debbie Winchester.  

 

Debbie told me she had 4 of her 5 hounds on something called SOD &
Boswellia, and that it was amazing, all her dogs were getting around
extremely well.  In the meantime I had done some research on Deramaxx and
found out that it's the animal version of Celebrex - you know, the drug for
people that was pulled from the market by the FDA because it causes huge
increases in stroke and heart attack risk - and I said, ho man, she's not
taking that stuff.  (In animals Deramaxx / Celebrex can cause internal
bleeding and liver and kidney failure, not heart attacks or strokes like in
people.)  So after talking with Debbie Winchester some more, I ordered some
of the SOD & Boswellia from California Vet Supply and in the meantime
started taking Gracie off the Deramaxx.  

 

Well the SOD & Boswellia came in quickly and we started using it, and Debbie
is right, it is wonderful stuff.  Gracie takes 5 tablets a day (2-1/2 in the
AM and also 2-1/2 in the PM) and is doing great.  I have to watch to make
sure she doesn't walk too far, she still has weakness in that joint and
probably always will, but she definitely can go on short walks now, and
around the house and the yard she goes and goes and goes.  And it's still
slowly improving.

 

Oh, something interesting here -- when Gracie was first injured, I could
tell she was in pain because she was quivering all over.  Well, guess what -
Miss Stinker has figured out that Mama responds to trembling and quivering,
so now she has learned to turn on the quivers when she's trying to wheedle
me out of food or treats.  As soon as she gets what she wants, the trembling
is magically gone!  And they say Bassets are dumb dogs.oh yeah, sure they
are.  

 

Anita Woodrum

a.woodrum at sbcglobal.net

 

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