Lara Kretler's Blog (8)

(Cross-posted to the ME dogs Yahoogroup list) This is a note for any of our newly diagnosed folks who may be wondering if your dog can have quality of life with ME. I don’t want to call anyone out by name – I think many of us have had these doubts and questions. I can only share abou… Continue

This amazing dog of ours has done it again - somehow beaten the odds and fought his way back from death's door. The rollercoaster of ME has been harder on us than him I think! He handles everything so well. He hated the nasal oxygen tube and was so glad to get it out. He's now res… Continue

(This is a note I posted to the ME yahoogroups list - I am just too weary to type another update from scratch. Sorry for the repeat!) Jack the triple-whammy dog recovered like a champ from his thymoma surgery and over the past two weeks has gotten healthier and stronger every day. No MG symptoms (still on the Mestinon though), a few MG symptoms at night but wearing a Pro-Collar helped with that, and he was doing *great* - we were thrilled and so grateful! He's been wanting to go on longer and l… Continue

Jack had his thymectomy (thymoma removal surgery) at OSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital on 5/13/09 and by one week after surgery he was almost back to his normal healthy self! He has been eating like a pig, sleeping lots and going for walks morning and night (short walks at first, but… Continue

Last Wednesday (5/6/09), Jack was admitted to OSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital for a full day of testing and observation. He was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG) and it was found that both that and his megaesophagus (ME) were caused by the presence of a thymoma - cancerous tumor… Continue

Jack spent the day (and my husband Eric and I spent half the day) at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Thanks to the great vets there, we now have a definitive diagnosis for Jack - some real answers and hopefully solutions. Unfortun… Continue

My dog Jack definitely has megaesophagus - as diagnosed by our vet and multiple x-rays - but for about three months he had no symptoms and could eat and drink like a normal dog! We don't know how or why this "remission" happened. I was afraid to post about it here because I didn't wa… Continue

After one month of living with a dog with Megaesophagus, Jack is a p… Continue