Bleeding from his penis

Oh boy...I had thought when I saw drops of blood coming out of there that it was surely a bladder infection. Unfortunately it's not...the culture came back clear that means its coming from his prostate . It's most likely an infection in the protate and after a physical exam the vet could not feel any enlargement so to speak of or any irregular shapes ect.
His back leg is horribly weak and one of the signs of protatis is terible back leg stiffness.
I'm learning way more than I ewver bargained for. I feel like I've been to vet school over the last year.
Naturally this blood appeared on Thanksgiving weekend while we had 2 international guest staying with us. Right now Mr Beebs is taking tramadol twice daily, deramax, and ciproflaxin 2 times daily. I did some research as soon as we got home from the vets and found that certain ab's work much better at getting into the gland and getting at the infection. The vet was all set to continue the cephalexin until I mentioned to her that I didn't think it was one of the more effective drugs in treating this scenario. She called me back half hour later and changed to ciproflaxin which thank God I had about 60 pills left over from the least ordeal.
The poor guy...my first thought was cancer...the vet says' neutering would solve it all. However after 13 surgeries I wonder how wise it would be to put him under again.The other vet agreed and said if it were my dog at 10 and with his history I wouldn't either. So we are aiming for quality of life..pain free living. I carry him everywhere it seems and my back feels like an 80 year old womans. He is chipper and flinging his toys around the room in fact he makes his son look like an old man the way he carries on. Appetite is really good. He enjoys rides, and short hops in the park. I watch very closely to see if he's happy. So far he has rebounded very well and I believe has a good quality of life.I never want to be selfish and keep him longer than he can stand to be here.
I'm working on my bill for the CT state legislature and went for an internship interview yesterday. I hope I land this as it will give me insight in ways no amount of schooling can. The interview went very well and if fate allows I'll be in there by January...and I'll do everything I can to make the world a better place for the beautiful animals we have in it.

Well no Fox news for us

I tried...I tried to get a lady in town who's dog got MRSA from a TPLO to do an interview. If only the public had the info...knew what to look for. But I can't make someone help if they don't want to.I'm very disappointed because I believe what has happened here could be of use to pet owners...the vets...it could save alot of pain and suffering.

Mr Beebs back leg is really wobbly and the dam wheelchair is wrong so I have to take a ride up to Mass. I have term papers, book reviews and a state intership on the line.

Taking him up and down the stair climber is getting harder and harder because he is more unsteady.I dread winter snow and ice and how unsafe I too will be walking backwards down the stairs with a dog who is not stable.God help us. Maybe I'll live in the basement with the dogs for the winter. Make a potty station outside the door with wood chips or something. One bad fall on the ice and it could mean the end of Mr Beebs.

I injected him yesterday with 1.5 mls of adequan.I'm hoping it will stave off anymore deterioration. I can only do my best for him. If I get that job in the statehouse I'm going to study the process like a hawk...make the contacts that will aid the cause and make a move when everything is in place.I will protect my pets and if I have to do it this way I will.

Back leg is weakening

Well Mr Beebs has been standing on his back foot upside down . I just went and got more adequan to help. Its more likely in the twist in his spine which is exaggerated from placing his remaining leg more centered. I have a massager and it seem to help when i run it down his back...but he is falling alot more than he has been.Getting on the stair climber has also become more of an issue. I have to put a towel under his back end try and coax him onto the platform and then while holding him up walk around to the front and walk backwards down the stairs ...while holding the toggle switch and his body weight up with my arm.The other day he fell down on the platform and thank God I had put plastic mesh and a strap to keep him safe.
He's is good spirits and lunges at poor Sydney and is no doubt still top dog around here!
I just hope that what ever time he has left I can make it good for him. We go out for a wobble in the park everyday.Sydney runs around and Beebs pojo's after him.Sometimes he just sits down because he's tired. Then we all sit on the grass and watch the world go by. Maybe he's trying to get me to slow down. He's such a great dog....I kiss his face everyday.

What a surprise

Well it seems MRSA has been found in numerous high schools and colleges in CT. In fact in the town I lived in when Mr Beebs was oozing pus.So the moral of the story is this... it is not a niggling or pesty infection...it is a serious health concern which the vet hospital in Ct and the surgeons ignored over and over and over.
So now we have super bugs in our school systems as well as hospitals. We the public have been coddled and decieved and there couldn't be a better time to bring my story before our state legislators.
Mr Beebs is doing okay because the weather is dry and cool.Thank God for some peace back in our lives after a hellish adventure.

MRSA and super bugs/ from pets to people and back

Sadly there are schools all over the country that have been closed because of serious and deadly staph infections. In fact a college here in Ct and several other schools have had incidents of these things. Going back a year and a half ...I remember just how casual..the vets seeing Mr Beebs were about the bacteria coming out of his leg. Lately i have seen the custodian at my college washing the floors with ammonia or bleach and water.This was several weeks before the student dies in Virginia from MRSA.Oh boy...the only good news I can see coming out of all this is that it is bringing national attention to a problem that has been swept under the carpet for far too long.
When I look back to the amount of contact I had with various strains of these bugs I consider myself lucky I did not become seriously ill. The public health guy here in CT is a vet and he left a message on my phone saying these bugs were opportunist...meaning I guess someone with a compromised immune system.How did he know I don't have aids or have chemo treatment at present? What made him and all the other vets be so sure that every single person and animal in there waiting room was indeed in picture perfect health?s. A Position based on ignorance and laziness. As a consumer it has dawned on me that in all the various operations ,treatment and drugs that were used and paid for over a year and a half...that not ONE of these doctors was a specialist in this field ..nor did they send me to any specialist..they experimented with my dog and my pocket book.When in truth...there wasn't a dam thing that they were doing that could have stopped the progress of this nightmare. Oh course it wasn't cost effective to say that though..As long as I was willing to believe in the false hopes they were dishing out they were more than happy to take my money and put Mr Beebs through an astonishing amount of useless surgery and treatment that was doomed to fail from the start. I hope these national cases will bring outrage from the general population..as it should.Keeping this under raps has done alot more harm than good.Now I must go write to the lawyer here in CT that is willing to help me work on the legislative process.One small step at a time.

Adequan

Well the shots don't seem to be doing a great deal of good.Beebs gets another one today it will be his 8th week and without the deramax he seems to be very weak in his back leg.
All this lifting him in and out of my truck since June 06 has taken its toll on my body.I have lifted his full body weight out of my SUV supporting his front end with my left arm./That elbow is getting more and more crunchy and achy.Everytime he goes to the upper floor to eat I have to lift his back end up three long steps until his front end is on the top landing.My lower back feels strained and now when he can't walk I support his back end in the sling and pogo along with him taking all the weight off his back end.I'm tired and worn out from all this.That one dam surgery has had a mushroom affect on my life. Yesterday I took both my guys for the blessing of the animals on the town green.I was able to tell many animal people why he lost his back leg and perhaps that news will spread and people will be more conscious of the complications in animal hospitals.
The clergyman was very kind and Mr Beebs spent the entire time trying to kiss his face while he blessed him.There were even horses running around on the green which was an awesome sight.
Well I'm glad he's still with me and I hope he is content and happy ...I can only guess he is.He still plays and eats well.Loves rides and trips to the park. This ordeal has aged me though.It has been a terrible strain on me physically, mentally and spiritually. I'm glad I have faith...otherwise I would have been in much worse shape long ago.

The weather is a real factor

Mr Beebs has had some very good days and they were always the days when the temp was around 60 and the humidity zero. Yesterday it was 83 and humid and he fell down constantly...
I guess the added stress of the weather compounds a general weakness he has now.
Besides all that...my nurse Sydney has to go into the hospital today to have his gums cut away from his teeth.Its a boxer condition and I am worried sick about him being in this hospital.Unfortunately its the only place my reg. vet operates out of and I trust him.
The fun never stops around here and the dogs are such a matter source of concern for me I have a hard time sleeping. Sydneys gums are growing right over his teeth and they look hideous...thankfully Beebs are not nearly as pronounces. Thank God for small blessings.
Anyway...I might have a great way to upend the existing animal property laws here in CT.The idea's are a by product of my college courses.Ya never know unless you try...
as Plato said "if not now? When?"