Saturday, January 7, 2012

Megaesophagus and Water

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So I took my buddy Sidney to the dog park today because it was really nice out for a January day. As always, he had so much fun and as alw...
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Shedding, Prilosec OTC and Regurgitation

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Sidney is wore out from partying on New Year's Eve!! So, Sidney has been shedding A LOT lately. He is a Lab, that's the deal, I ge...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

2 Year Vet Check-Up

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Sidney had his 2 year Vet appointment last Friday. They tested his blood work, fecal samples and several other things. The tests all cam...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Sidney is Feeling Better

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Sidney seems much better. Not sure what was wrong - but it is always better to be safe than sorry. When we suspect anything, we address it...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Sick in the Middle of the Night

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Sidney woke me up at around 4am the other day. It wasn't the normal swallowing sounds or regurgitation. It was more like he was strugg...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Our Canine Megaesophagus Diet Routine and Bailey Chair - TV News Story

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Here is a WKYC/NBC News Story about us and Sidney. I'm always a fan of giving people hope and spreading the word that Megaesophagus IS ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Regurgitation in his Bailey Chair

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Photo above shows what he regurgitated - down by his feet. Most days are good, some days are bad. The other day Sidney regurgitated while h...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Happy 2nd Birthday Sidney!

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Above is Sidney's first time in his Bailey Chair as a newly diagnosed Mega-E puppy and what he looks like today as a full grown, healthy...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Our Routine for Megaesophagus When Traveling

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During the months of September, October and November I am required to be working and out of the house for almost 15 hours a day. So I take ...
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Monday, August 15, 2011

Sidney's Megaesophagus Medicine Routine

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We've had a few nights where Sidney regurgitated - but WAY more where he hasn't. I like to think it's because of the routine we...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Sucralfate for Megaesophagus

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Last night Sidney woke me up around 1:30am. I could tell he wasn't feeling well. Recently when he is gonna regurgitate he makes these ...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Quality of Life with Megaesophagus

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I know some people are concerned about dogs with Megaesophagus having the opportunity for a good quality of life (as it is commonly referred...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Signs of Aspiration Pneumonia

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Sidney has had AP once when he was first diagnosed with MegaE. Luckily, we haven't had it again yet. There is no one, or single co...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Late Night Regurgitation

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A few nights back Sidney woke me up at about 3am making swallowing sounds. Kind of like 'gulp' sounds. He jumped out of the bed an...
Friday, June 3, 2011

Rest in Peace Bailey

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I'm sorry to say that Bailey, in which the "Bailey Chair" was invented for and named after has passed away after almost 13 yea...
Thursday, June 2, 2011

Summer Hydration with Knox Blox

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Since it's getting hotter out - I feel like I need to keep Sidney more hydrated than in the winter. Especially after walks or trips to ...
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Monday, May 23, 2011

Poor Sidney

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Sidney had a rough few days, which happens from time to time with dogs that have Megaesophagus. He regurgitated quite a bit. In his crat...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Updated Routine Managing Sidney's Megaesophagus and Building a Bailey Chair

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ABOVE: Marley in his Portable Bailey Chair I built. Things have been going pretty well with Sidney. He have had limited RG periods, but ...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Canine Megaesophagus Diet and Routine - TV News Story about Sidney

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One of the Cleveland News Channels did a feature story on Sidney and Congenital Megaesophagus and our diet and routine. We really appreciat...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Sidney's Megaesophagus story was in the newspaper

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Click on the above article photo TWICE to enlarge it for reading OR Paste the below link into your browser to view it: http://www.akro...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Great Web sites if your dog has Megaesophagus

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Aside from the Yahoo MegaE Group Forum, there is a site on something called Squidoo that a woman in Seattle put together which I thought wa...
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Merry Christmas

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It was great to have Sidney celebrate his second Christmas. Considering we didn't think he would even make his first because of his C...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

1 Year Post-MegaE Diagnosis Today

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It was one year ago today that we were informed that Sidney had Congenital Megaesophagus and probably didn't have much longer to live. ...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

1 Year Vet Check-Up Yesterday

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Sidney had his yearly check-up at the vet yesterday. He was 55.5 pounds and is now almost 14 months old. Everything checked out great. Hi...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Success Story - Spreading the word that Megaesophagus IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE!

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Click on the article a few times and it will get large enough to read!! Sidney had an article about his condition come out in The Cleveland ...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

Regurgitation has returned, AGAIN.

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For some reason Sidney has started regurgitating again - usually it has been in the middle of the night for the past week. Yesterday he did...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

New Diet for Megaesophagus is Working Great

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Sidney's new diet without canned dog food as half of the mixture is staying down great. We now have bumped up his dry/soaked Eukanuba L...
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Monday, September 27, 2010

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY SIDNEY!!

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Sidney turned one year old yesterday. After being diagnosed with ME at 10 weeks, we're really happy to see this day and all of the othe...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Sidney's First Concert

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I own a haunted house company named The Carnival of Horrors, which I am building during the month of September. Sidney hangs out there with...
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Seemed a bit odd - Aspiration Pneumonia?

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Last week Sidney started to not show too much interest in eating his food. He did eat, but wasn't as excited as usual, which made me ne...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Helping those in need - Building a Bailey Chair

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I don't post much on the Yahoo ME Support Group site but always check it out to see if someone needs help or if there is any new info th...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

New experiment with his Megaesophagus diet

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So one of the more expensive things about ME dogs, aside from initial vet bills, is the food. At least in our case. We have been soaking 1...
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Friday, August 6, 2010

Having a few bad days

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Sidney started regurgitating this week out of the blue. I'm pretty sure it wasn't something he ate off of the ground (I didn't ...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Traveling with Sidney and his Portable Bailey Chair

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 I have loaded the plans at the below link - via the Facebook Canine Megaesophagus Support Group Files Section: Sidney's Portable Bai...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

Canine Megaesophagus Toys

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Poor Sidney only has a limited amount of toys he can really play with. We have to make sure he doesn't get toys where he can eat the st...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Hydration for Canine Megaesophagus - Knox Blox

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Since it's sometimes difficult for Sidney to keep down water, he gets additional hydration from Knox Blox. This is like Jell-O without ...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Some helpful Megaesophagus Web sites

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Here are some Web sites that helped us when we were in panic-mode when we received Sidney's diagnosis. Yahoo ME Support Group (by ...
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

New Daily Schedule - Megaesophagus Diet and Meds

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Since I changed his meds from Metachlopromide to Bethanechol and have been a bit more relaxed on the Sucralfate, I figured I would update hi...
Monday, June 21, 2010

A day at the dog park

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One of Sidney's favorite places is a place called Bow-Wow Beach. It's a great dog park with a lake that he makes sure he plays in...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Trying Bethanechol - AGAIN.

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Last time we tried Bethanechol, we had some bad RG weeks. But what I didn't realize was that we shouldn't give Sidney the Metachlop...
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Portable Bailey Chair

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If you want my plans for the Portable Bailey Chair I made for Sidney - email me at ryanpluta@yahoo.com I uploaded the instructions on th...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Made it through the rough patch

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Poor Sidney was throwing up for about a week and sometimes it was multiple times a day. By far the most since we got a handle on the Megaes...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Bad Day - Changing Bethanechol Dosage

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We started the Bethanechol in 10mg doses, 2x per day, which seemed like it was doing some good. However, yesterday morning Sidney was retch...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Introducing a New Med - Bethanchol

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This is a photo of Sidney chewing on Michael Vick After seeing several people speak highly of Bethanechol on the Yahoo group site and doing ...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Keeping an Eye on Sid

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Problem with Megaesophagus is that when he regurgitates, he has a chance to contract secondary aspiration pneumonia. The worry is that when...