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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a few days after we got Lillie Pearl last
month we noticed a slight limp. The limp got a little worse and then a
little worse, but she played and ran like the wind and it never seemed to give
her the least bit of pain. Then she seemed to favor it some.
Off to the vetman. X-rays done. He said pano and a small shadow on
the elbow. Wanted to check the shadow after the first of the year for any
changes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> We came home and she got
worse. Noticeably worse. We changed foods to lower protein and fat
content, we started her on 1000 mg of Vitamin C, and gave her a buffered aspirin
for pain. Still no better after a week, and possibly even a little
worse.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Back to vetman. More
X-rays. We looked and looked at these together. Her leg is just
soooo crooked. No breaks. Just a deformity. He wants to try
her on a splint and a calcium/phospherous supplement. He said the
splint is like corrective shoes for children. Doesn't know if it will
work or not, but the next stop is the orthopedist, so I thought we'd at least
try this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Got home with the splint on and
she has not stopped. There is obviously no pain anymore, and she is
running and rolling and playing again. She's using the splinted leg as a
weapon against Lowretta. Lowretta, by the way, managed to take it off at
one point and chewed just a small portion of it. It's still
usable.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Oh, by the way, the pano looked
good this time on x-ray, like it was disappearing and almost gone.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> My question is, I guess, I know
many bassets have crooked legs. My Stanley does, and even Lowretta.
Theirs do not bother them and they don't limp. Does anyone have any
information they can give me on Lillie Pearl's condition and what the next best
step will be for her?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I cannot stand to know she's in
any pain. Right now she's certainly not. But it's hard to keep
the splint on at her new break-neck speed pace.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bonnie</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Slave to Stanley, Beachbaby, Lowretta, Lillie
Pearl, Stella (ATB), J.D. (ATB), Begonia (ATB)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>