Change of Diagnosis

In December, 2009, I brought Samba to a neurologist in San Mateo. To my absolute surprise, she said that I was told that she didn't think Samba had Degenerative Myelopathy - shock #1. I asked why she thought so and she said it was because she was in pain. That was shock #2. I felt so bad that Samba had been in pain for this last year since I thought she had DM.

We then proceeded on a path of pain management with Tramadol and aggressive physical rehab. It's been a roller coaster ride as she sometimes is so limp she cannot stand up and other times, she can get up and do walk around somewhat easily. I guess I have to always keep in mind that being 16 years old, Samba is living on borrowed time, and as long as she is not in pain or depressed, that's as much as I can ask for.