Met's Gold Beads

Emblem Text: Pawsitively K9; embossed imprint of Met's paw

The Miracle of
Gold Bead Implants

When Met was first diagnosed with epilepsy, I had no idea there was a field of holistic veterinary medicine let alone that there were non pharmaceutical ways of treating it. I had often opted for supplemental means of treating my own problems, but at first never even considered I could do the same for Met. This was to turn into one of the very best things I ever did for Met- venturing into the area of holistic medicine to have Gold Bead Implants- a permanent form of acupuncture performed on him to help decrease his seizures and especially post ictal period. I was hoping that in the end, he also would have no or little need for medications as well. If I had the choice to do this again, I would do it in a heartbeat. The only difference would be that I would do it earlier on in the journey for control. Below is our journey... what our day was like as a result of this wonderful decision I made for Chimette. Our Journey towards better control will be added shortly- so check back again.

March 2, '00: Met's Long Day

5:30AM Rise and Shine (for me anyway)
6:00 Met got up- I checked email, brushed him, brushed his teeth, and got ourselves pulled together for a short walk.
6:30 A walk in the pouring down rain- what a thrill! It rained last time when we had the consult too! Returned home and said loads of prayers for the rain to let up for us.
Met was quite perplexed at helping me feed Curio (our cockatiel) but not being given his breakfast- He definitely did not think Pb was breakfast!
We got everything together, rechecked for important email and got me into my manual chair to be ready for our ride.
Turned on the news to hear of lots of accidents and horrendous traffic
Late start- Left here at 9:30AM
Arrived at 10:20-

They gave us all the time we needed to talk with him and be with him before giving him up. I had them take him back before we left so he would not see us leave. It was harder than anyone can imagine to leave my eyes, ears, hands, feet- You got the picture- behind in the vet office.

They were not able to use isoflourine because of a traumatizing issue- I knew this was very probable so was not alarmed by that. They used Valium and Propofol
They weighed him (46#- dropped another pound on me) and then put him under about 1:15 for a more thorough analysis of his hips and spine after an incident the month before where he woke up unable to stand- let alone walk. The results were astounding! His spine was in excellent shape. Met had xrays done of his hips in June 98 and the result was listed as the left hip being slightly lax- but no dysplasia. The new Xrays of his hips were so drastically different you would never believe that the two sets came from the same dog- looked like someone took the head of the femur on his left leg and sliced half of it off! She called it Severe- while the right one is mild, but noticeable. [This might be a lesson for people that just because the hips looked OK at supposable maturity age- does not mean they will remain this way- don't assume all hind end problems are drug related- at first I did]
Next came the implants for epilepsy and his hips.
His head was shaved and so was a patch on each hip.

They said he handled the crating really well- surprised he had only been crate trained a month and a half. He only whined a few minutes after he first went into the crate and then did fine all day. He was crated for nearly three hours before they began working with him.
We picked him up at about 5PM and went through all the post surgery discussion with the vet, paid, and set off to come home.
Arrived home shortly before 7PM. He was hungry- but I did not give him his full dinner. He got his Pb at the same time and has slept off and on since then.
He has had some issues of pre-ictal like responses to sounds and things that fell but overall seems OK for having just been under anesthesia. We will have to see how things go over the next few days. I hope that they go alright and that he is back on his feet functionally rapidly. I also have high hopes that the gold beads will have made a dramatic effect on both his epilepsy and dysplasia- Only time will tell this one. Keep tuning in to hear of how things are going.

Met's Goldbead Implants

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