Listless Lu

Over the past 5 or 6 months my dog Lu has mellowed out. Extremely mellow, you might say outright lazy. She don't run like she used to, she don't wag her tail like she used to. And recently, she seems kinda depressed.

So the other day, Jenny urged me to take her to the vet, and we did. At first discussion with the vet, he mentioned that it could be neurological, for she has been stumbling alot and drags her feet when she walks. This really freaked me out, I instantly imagined some sort of degenerative desease that would keep stealing away my once happy go lucky pooch and turn her into a hobbled ghost. It was too much to think about. Lu stayed at the vet for a few hours for a work-up, blood tests and the like. Upon our returning to pick her up, the vet lessened the possibility of the neuro thing...but we'd have to wait for the blood tests to come back.

Turns out she has Hypothyroid, her Thyroid gland isn't producing this stuff called T4 enough. Hopefully this is the complete and only reason for her condition. So now, in addition to enzymes for her tummy, Lu gets to take two pills a day to increase her T4...and hopefully bringing her back to her goofy self. I'm quite relieved to say the least.