Akiva My Best Buddy — A Health Update on His Walking Troubles

This is my buddy Akiva The Dog — he has been having some problems walking the last couple of weeks and we are not sure what is wrong. We might try a change in antibiotics tomorrow; if that doesn’t work, we’re going to have to get in to see a board-certified neurologist to help us figure out what is going on. He might need to have an MRI done if we can’t figure out what is going on here pretty soon. An MRI would help us see if there is something going on with his spine; if there is, that is highly treatable — sometimes with medicine, and sometimes with surgery, which is very successful. If it is not his back, then we are likely dealing with an infection of some kind or an autoimmune problem that would have to be treated with medications. There is still a possibility that this all stemmed from an injury to his back legs or knee, but we are not able to see any signs of that on x-ray. That doesn’t explain why his appetite is reduced.

Akiva, you’re my best buddy! I love you, buddy boo!!

Akiva is always here with me while I write and work. He is either on my lap or next to me. We are together all the time.

Feel better soon, please!!!