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Reply With QuoteHow cute! He looks so soft too! Conrats on the new 'man'!
This is a discussion on Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! within the The Lounge forums, part of the Social and Support Forums category; I would like to announce a new man in my life!! His name is Henry and he is a 9 ...
Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! I would like to announce a new man in my life!! His name is Henry and he is a 9 mo. old Shetland Sheepdog. His coloring is call a bi-merle blue.
Age 15- Diagnosed with 2 herniated discs L4-L5 and L5-S1
Sept 2001- Microdiscectomy on L5-S1 (Age 15)
Nov 2004- Emergency microdisectomy L4-L5 (Age 19)
May 2008- Discectomy, laminectomy all on my left side of both L4-L5 and L5-S1 (Age 23)
Current MRI count is 17. Current injection count is 6 (all failed). Current pills a day 8 (vicodin and tramadol).
L4,5 L5,S1 Fusion ---June 1 2010!!!
Re: Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! How cute! He looks so soft too! Conrats on the new 'man'!
31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011, completely pain free still!
Re: Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! Oh is he ever a cutie....with trouble in his eyesIt's nice to know you will have someone to give you lots of kisses when you come home from surgery
When I started visiting a litter of Australian Shepherd pups to decide which one I wanted, there was a Blue Merle, which is a tri-colour of blue, white and a tiny bit of copper. I fell in love, named him and kept visiting, hoping he would be the one. Instead, I ended up with my black tri-coloured guy. The blue wouldn't have anything to do with me, while my pup kept leaving the rest of the litter and coming over to climb in my lap. He picked me
I've never heard of that colour description before, a bi-merle blue. Does it mean that he has two colours, and is that a description used with the Shelties more than other breeds? I'm really curious, as I'm not very experienced with the world of colour in dogs.
He is gorgeous...enjoy the puppy days...they disappear so quickly.
Severe compression of spinal cord, flaval ligament, etc. at C4/5 & 5/6.
Herniation and compression, at L3/4 to L5/S1 plus spondylosis at the latter level. Severe allergy to most metals.
Three level surgery in Brazil with Dr. Luiz Pimenta on March 17/2010 using non-metal appliances. L5/S1-PEEK cage, ALIF; L4/5-PEEK cage, XLIF; C5/6-NuVasive NeoDisc. Three separate approaches, two minimally invasive. Currently minor residual back pain, from SI ligament and still overdoing things
Re: Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! What a cutie pie! Congrats! Nothing like the love of a dog..........!
• January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
• June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
• April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
• April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
• July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
• July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
• August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
• March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
• April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
• September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
• December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
• December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
• February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
July 18, 2011
Re: Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! I couldnt have said that better myself CLOriginally Posted by Cindylou
Ive got the sweetest most loving pitbull in the world and he has always been the one to make those "want to die" days a whole lot better. Especially when he hops up on the bed or couch and lays his head on my lap with the big ol puppy eyes staring me down.....how can you not have a brighter day with that?
Shoot, he even has his own facebook page....I got kinda upset when he had more friends than I did
Click here for Suedes facebook page
Re: Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! Oh yeah. He's cute. I got a labradoodle (half lab, half poodle), the big kind. They have the hair like a poodle so they don't shed or cause allergies, the easy-going temperament of a lab and the super intelligence of a poodle. (of course there is no guarantee that it won't be the opposite.) I got him to run with me and protect me when I went running. Now with my back problems I can't run. He took about 2 years to get over being a puppy but he is now a wonderful companion. I take him to a field where he can run free and he leaps and runs like a deer.
Diagnosis:
Degenerative disc disease throughout spine
Generalized disc bulging with mild narrowing of thecal sac in L2-L3, L3-L4, L4-L5, L5-S1.
Moderate spinal stenosis L4-L5
Foraminal narrowing
Recent compression Fx at T10,T11.
Treatment:
Spinal decompression 2007
Cortisone injection in lower back in 2010
Relieved of pain for now
Hope for ADR
Re: Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! Henry is awesome. I am also a huge animal lover. I don't trust people who don't like dogs. he he!
CD
44 year old female
LBP for more than three years
DDD at L4/L5
annular tears and bulge
PT, ESI, chiropractic, massage -unsuccessful
MRI & discography July 2009-positive @ L4/L5
3 denials from UHC
Enrolled in Axiomed Freedom Lumbar Trial
Freedom disc @ L4/L5 by Dr. Zigler on 2/18/10
Re: Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! To: SC Dugan Boy did you hit it on the head! i feel the same way about people that do not like animals. And people who abuse animals I can kill them with my bare hands even if I have a bad back. I just don't understand that.
My dog is on the next post. I finally got that picture. Tiffany is a Lhasa Apse. She was a beautiful dog. I said everything in the next one. i have a few more photos when she had her stroke. I will put them on when I have more time. I could not help but reply since what you said was exactly how I feel too. Thank you for posting. Carmen
- Scoliosis and multilevel severe degeneration of the intervertebral disks
- Marked multilevel facet arthrosis
- Fusion of the L5 and S1 vertebrae
- Grade 1 spondylolisthesis at L4-L5 and L5 and S1
- Slight antherolisthesis at L3-4
- Multilevel asymmetrical neuroforaminal narrowing
Re: Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! Katie- I actually never heard of a bi-blue before I met my Henry either! I always wanted a merle blue sheltie ever since I was a kid and got my first tri sheltie. I love the blue. But when I found him in a shelter I did a bit of research and Bi-blue is in other breeds. Basically all the ones with the merle blue trait. There is one more which I was afriad (but relieved he was not) that he was a double merle blue. This makes the dog almost completely white(over 50%). Those dogs have a very tough life. They are usually deaf and blind and numerous of other health problems. Most of the pups get kill right off the bat. But some breeders like to have them to breed really nice merle colors, they never pass the double gene to the next generation.
Sorry I ramble. I was in a dog knowledge bowl team when I was a youth in 4-H... most of the stuff is still stuck in my head.
Age 15- Diagnosed with 2 herniated discs L4-L5 and L5-S1
Sept 2001- Microdiscectomy on L5-S1 (Age 15)
Nov 2004- Emergency microdisectomy L4-L5 (Age 19)
May 2008- Discectomy, laminectomy all on my left side of both L4-L5 and L5-S1 (Age 23)
Current MRI count is 17. Current injection count is 6 (all failed). Current pills a day 8 (vicodin and tramadol).
L4,5 L5,S1 Fusion ---June 1 2010!!!
Re: Bring on the Ooooos and Aaahhhhs! This are the exact same problems white boxers have. We have one, Jack, who is almost 8 years old. He is not blind or deaf or considered an albino, but has had major health problems, severe allergies, cancer 3 times, and skin conditions. Our joke is he is a 10 thousand dollar dog, though it's probably closer to 15 or 20 now. They used to be considered very undesirable and like you said would be killed upon birth. Now, I have found that people want them b/c they think they are rare. Ours is not registered to breed, I didn't know you could even register a white one, as the AKC does not recognize them as a pure boxer... b/c they are supposed to have a certain percentage of color. Not a biggie for us, as all of our animals are fixed, I think it makes them calmer.Katie- I actually never heard of a bi-blue before I met my Henry either! I always wanted a merle blue sheltie ever since I was a kid and got my first tri sheltie. I love the blue. But when I found him in a shelter I did a bit of research and Bi-blue is in other breeds. Basically all the ones with the merle blue trait. There is one more which I was afriad (but relieved he was not) that he was a double merle blue. This makes the dog almost completely white(over 50%). Those dogs have a very tough life. They are usually deaf and blind and numerous of other health problems. Most of the pups get kill right off the bat. But some breeders like to have them to breed really nice merle colors, they never pass the double gene to the next generation.
Sorry I ramble. I was in a dog knowledge bowl team when I was a youth in 4-H... most of the stuff is still stuck in my head.
31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011
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