Suzy is almost done at the vet. Thanks god, it just seems to be arthritis. Still a problem, but not life threatening. She has bad arthritis in both knees. That's why we sometimes see the pain worsen when she's trying to potty. That's why her feet are reddish. It's not bumblefoot, but rather her shifting her weight around because of knee pain. Unfortunately, because of her liver disease she can't be on daily metacam. Instead, we'll do metacam once every 3 days and gabapentin daily. The vet said that seeing gabapentin is more for nerve pain it might not help, but if not we can try something else. I feel bad that Suzy is in pain, but so grateful that it's not life threatening.
Just had another call from the vet. She has a small piece of hay or bedding stuck deep in her ear. Too far down for the vet to remove, but she applied some oily ear cleaner drops in hopes of helping it migrate out of her ear on its own. If no improvement with that in a week or two we can try something else, the vet said.
