Friday, November 18, 2011

Twisted

Today was the longest day ever. Work, Drive to Calgary. See vet (who is awesome). Drive home from Calgary. Go Home for 10 minutes. Go to dogshow and run three hour funmatch.

Wicca's appointment was good. She does not have a back problem. <insert huge sigh of relief>

What she does have is a whole lot of twisted body parts.

Her pelvis was twisted- AND pushed forward. How that happened we have no idea. Seriously it was amazing to see. How she fixed it? With a neck adjustment. Serious. Ta Da! Straight pelvis. Amazing.

She also had two ribs out- this was a very sore spot for Wicca. They obviously hurt a lot. :(  This could have been done weaving.

Her neck was a mess- lots of adjustment there. She speculated that all of this could have even started with the neck (good old heeling...).

Her back legs of course, and her iliopsoas is tender, but likely from accomodating for the pelvis issue.

Also there were some minor adjustments to her spine. Wicca's back IS sore- but it's more of a sciatica issue. That could explain the lameness.

After all this adjusting she got an injection of some fancy stuff that I forgot the name of... (thankfully my friend Jen tagged along and took notes that I could refer to if I felt like it...)

I am so relieved.  I am going back in two weeks for a recheck, and some more adjustments. Already after this afternoon Wicca is walking better- not tucking her rear under her.

In the mean time she is on rest. Leash walks, no wrestling, jumping, climbing, tugging. Essentially she is not allowed to do anything fun for a while. But that's okay- because in a few weeks we will be able to start bringing back some real life stuff. And for that I am thankful. We've got some exercises to do each day to keep us busy.

Oh- and Pixel did great at the funmatch- her only thing was the SIT! for the drop on recall. She sat. So bizarre. lol. Everything else was beautiful. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

6 comments:

Tucker The Crestie said...

Glad you got some good news about Wicca! Continuing to keep fingers crossed! Good luck to you and Pixel tomorrow!

Taryn said...

I am glad to hear it was not her back! It sounds almost exactly what Wilson just went through. After the first adjustment, he felt so much better, I had to sit on him to keep him from playing. Keep your eye on Wicca, she will probably be looking for any opportunity to FRAP!

Jules said...

Thank goodness!! I hope she mends quickly. Poor Wicca and Amanda!

Paws on the Run said...

Fingers crossed! Good luck today.

Mary Lou said...

HUGE sigh of relief, INDEED!! ;-}
You had us ALL worried, Wicca!! :op
Well, I suppose that makes TWO of us. Nothing fun for ME, either while I wrap, ice, and rest my injured twisted leg/ankle.... SIGH.... But ROSE will provide comfort!! ;op

WigglyZack said...

Glad to hear it wasn't her back. Good news.