Thread: Bruce's not such a happy 9th birthday....

How embarassing,we over ran our appointment by 20 minutes so had to apologise to clients waiting to see the vet...
When we went into the consult room the vet had a very strong magnifying glass out checking Bruces xray,the OA in the hips is very obvious but the last disc in his back has spondylosis & the spur that has formed has a hairline fracture in it so accounts for that end being very painful,because he has been all wobbly & walking like a crab his spine higher up was all twisted again but a bit of chiro sorted that out .When we went in his right eye looked perfect,all his pupil reflexes were fine but his head was tilting a fair bit again,the vet done several tests to see what his nerve reaction was,I think Bruce wondeerd why he had one side of his mouth touched,then the other,one whisker tweaked then the equivalant the other side & each time he done it the once the vet then done it again for me to look & everything he done the good left side the response was exactly the same the right side which was brilliant, the vet is pretty sure it is a middle ear infection that is causing the Horners syndrome,while Bruce was out under the anaesthetic we cleaned his ears out,the cleaner contains alcohol,that in turn irritates a middle ear infection,last lot of ab's haven't worked,his ear is still very irritated & really needs ab drops but because he is so sensitive daren't so he is now on lot stronger ab's for a week & hopefully can start drops after that,steroids have been stopped & he is just on Metacam every other day to hopefully keep any discomfort at bay but have got steroids on stand by in case he reverts & needs them instead of Metacam,we have come home a lot happier but poor Bruce since having his ear checked has now ended up with the third eyelid right over again,at the moment he is sleeping his visit off but he did allow Shimba to have a kiss without getting moaned at so now feeling a lot more positive about everything.
Thanks everyone for the good vibes, wishes & being there for us,will update again in a couple of weeks providing everything keeps going the right way & best purrs from Bruciee...x