I have been working on a Boston Terrier MC 8 year old for the last 2 months. He had chronic eye inflamation and glaucoma that led to two separate enucleations, at age 5 and 7. 5 months ago he had mange to his arm pits and shoulders. He was treated with antibiotics and steroids which seemingly helped the problem. 4 months ago, he fell very ill. He was painful, lethargic, reluctant to climb stairs, unable to lay down and get comfortable, and developed submandibular lymphadenopathy. Somewhere in there is a history of low back arthritis and compression. He was fed bad food and has a history of being a finicky eater.
I began seeing him 2 months ago to help manage these painful episodes, submandibular lymphadenopathy, and general lethargy. I had this dog under control for the last two months with LDXGT and XFZYT. He consistently had reactivity @ BL-18, GB-34. A thin deep and fast pulse. Pink tongue.
I performed chiropractic as well which seemed pretty unremarkable at the time.
3-4 days ago he deteriorated. All of his pain returned. Unable to settle, reluctant to lay down extreme trembling of the neck and arm extensors (L>R). His pulse was slow, erratic and choppy. His pulse was deep and wiry. His tongue was red. Orthopedically, he is hard to evaluate. Since he has no eyes and is also deaf, he tends to move very tentatively. I did not localize any overtly painful areas. The owner ran out of herbs three days prior to this last episode. I restarted herbal therapy and added XCHT, being captain bupleurum. I was wondering about the extreme presentation and the trembling neck and legs. I n class we talked about the trembling arm or neck but this is my first real tremble in practice. BGT seemed like a rational choice also.
What do you think about his pulse and his spasm? If it were simply pain, I would have expected a different presentation. Fast pulse, superficial, heat or swelling over the low back or neck.
Kevin Landau