Entry 562: Bella

Poor little Bella has been having a rough past two days.  Tuesday Lance was outside doing some yard work when all of a sudden he heard a loud yelp from Bella.  He ran over to Bella and she looked fine, but when she got up to come over to him she couldn't put any weight on her right front paw.  Lance was a little nervous about that, but he figured maybe she just tweaked something and decided to see if it would go away.  Thirty minutes went by and she was still struggling to put any weight on the leg, so Lance called and got her an appointment with the vet.  When they got there the vet did some tests on Bella and miraculously she could put weight on that paw and the vet said she probably just tweaked it.

Everything was great with her until last night (Wednesday) when we came home after working out.  Bella is usually just jumping up and down in her crate and barking when we come home, but this time she was just laying in her crate and not making any sounds.  Julie opened the crate and Bella struggled to get out and looked like she was having trouble putting any weight on any of her legs.  This scared Julie a lot and we piled in the car and drove Bella to the emergency vet clinic.  They did all kinds of tests on her and couldn't find what was wrong with her (and once again as soon as she got there she was walking fine again), but thought it could be a bulging disc in her back.  They gave her an anti-inflammatory shot and some pills to give her.  So far today she is doing good and lets hope that continues.

Here is a selfie of Bella and Lance at the vet.