It's been a wonderful Thanksgiving. We're fortunate that Mr. Max is getting a little stronger every day! Today he went for a walk up at the park for the first time since May!!! I finally figured out how to hook his Eddie's Wheels Cart up to Buster's old Pet Gear stroller and have it roll behind us until we got to a good place where Max could get out and practice walking. He has been EXTREMELY frustrated the last few days with not being able to get up on his own. If he's not asleep and I move out of his sight he panics and starts to pant and kick and struggle and try and get up. The ER vet told me this would happen one night when I was visiting him in the hospital. She said as horrible as it may be- it's a REALLY GOOD sign that he's thinking, aware, and putting 2 and 2 together!
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| Max rolling across the field at the park |
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| Max enjoying the sun |
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| Max resting after a LONG roll at the park! This cart has come in handy so many times with Buster, Buttercup and Max!!! Best Purchase! |
Dog Bless you Max. You are such an inspiration to me that you will never know. Give that boy a big hug and kiss for me guys.
ReplyDeleteMax does look comfortable in the stroller enjoying the sunshine. Sunshine always does a body good! So glad he continues to recover after the storm events. I saw the photo on an earlier post of Max watching the tree cutters. It looks awful close to the house. Hope none hit your house! (We remember Hugo and all the downed trees and damage.) Continued prayers for Max. Dude and Dude's Mom
ReplyDeletePlease tell how it ended? I currently have a Lab in HBOT coma.
ReplyDeleteHi Obi Won - you have the force working with you!!! And we're sending lots of good energy to help the Force for your pup! Max came out great on the other end. I wish I could have had him in treatments longer. But we live too far away. He was also in a coma for a few months before we found HBOT... it still works very well even if it's been years so I'm very hopeful for your pup! It can do amazing things.. It can some times take time - but keep it up. For Max he was still really out of it for weeks - but we noticed things like after 3 treatments his head would turn and look at you if you mentioned his name.. then after 5 treatments he was growling at dogs who got too close to him.. but he was still slow - it takes a while for everything to come back.. don't get dismayed if your pup is still slow and out if it.. And don't let any doctors push you to make decisions you're not ready for. Max had been on a feeding tube for a couple of months before this and in the hospital for almost a month in the coma before they sent him home with the feeding tube. Physical therapy after HBOT as he started to come out of it was also a big help.. I don't know how long your pup has been in a coma - but I don't know anyone else who has had a dog in a coma for months like us, and neither had our neurology team. We had an amazing internal specialist at Southpaws in VA who I absolutely Adore and she didn't give up either.. and an amazing holistic team and an amazing couple of physical therapists and of course a really great neurology team at Bush Veterinary neurology services.. Nobody gave up and it wasn't even a conversation anyone had with me (except for the relieve vet who was manning the ER when Max was fist in the coma... we kind of ignored him... and then later proved him wrong!) There are some amazing neurologists and amazing physical therapists... who are more than willing to work and not give up - I've heard that some dogs will litterally pop up and wake out of a coma while in HBOT - we were hoping for that but it was a slower and progressive awakening for Max but withing 2-8 weeks he went from totally veggitative to still very dull but interactive, and starting to take steps and walk again... again he was in a coma for months - so he had a lot of muscle atrophy and catching up to do - but he did get back to eating on his own, standing on his own, walking on his own, He lived to be 20 years old!!! And the best part was that he did recover. He passed from food poisoning - everyone in the house had it and his tummy just couldn't hack it - but he did recover... I'm very hopeful for your sweet lab! Please keep me posted and please reach out if you have any questions!!!! May the Force Be With You and your sweet Lab!! Sending all the love and good healing energy of the Universe to your Pup!
DeleteObi - you may have found this already but wanted to share some articles... I do wish I was able to keep doing HBOT for Max for a few more weeks. We also used HBOT for our other dog Rex who was dignosed with Doggie Dementia (Cognitive Dysfunction) And Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) and it really helped him too! I also wish we could have gone longer! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8043054
DeleteVideo on HBOT for Coma Recovery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo4EcRrnibs
ReplyDeleteMore Case Studies showing Great Results with HBOT and Coma!!! Hopefully this gives you hope!! http://www.jpands.org/vol10no2/neubauer.pdf
ReplyDeleteMore HBOT & TBI / Coma Video https://youtu.be/-cIYt6lBw_M
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