Dogs and our Quality of Life

This is Stanley.  One of the four strays we picked up while living in El Dorado, AR.  He's mostly a sweet dog though he can be a bit of a stinker with other dogs.

He's featured today in the blog because as I had talked with Dr. Bobo, my radiologist, this morning I learned that there was a very short window from when I detected the neuropathy (numbness) to when Dr. Bobo's treatment was going to be effective.  Had I waited some 48 hours latter than when I actually called Sunday, there would hae been more permanent damage to my mobility that would never be corrected.

You see, the nature of my neuopathy was that I could not feel it unless someone or somethng was touching me from the outside.  It was Stan's friendly greeting when he brushed up against me and something didn't feel right.  This is when I felt from my leg up to my hips and found the numbness progressing rapidly.  I called Dr. Burgess's office immediatly, and by the end of the call, the numbness had spread to just under my nipples.

For Stan, mortal creature that you are, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and I thank God for his wisdom to have created dogs so that they can serve man as they do.  To me, this is more proof of God's love for us.


Dr. William Bobo

Jamie, Andrew, and Tina setting up my alignment

Getting back to the numbness, the fact that it stopped just under my pectorals was a symptom that matched perfectly with the detection of the T6 & T7 legions.

Again, I am very pleased with the skill demonstrated by the entire staff at CMC Pineville.