Last night, my sweet Skylar gave me a heart attack. I was cooking dinner in the kitchen when she stumbled in like a drunk person. She fell down in the middle of the floor and just looked at me. She is 14 and does fall sometimes but this was so weird. So I just patted her a bit and talked to her until it seemed like she was ready to try again. We got her up and asked her to walk a bit and the same thing happened, it was like she had no control over her back end. I promptly burst into tears. Henry has been fading pretty significantly for the past 6 months so I'm prepared for his passing but Sky has been just fine so this was shocking.
So, she wobbled into the sitting room and laid under the table. I promptly got on the internet to see what was going on. I came across something called an Idiopathic Vestibular event which is very common in older labs. It comes on very quickly and then tapers off over the next 24 - 48 hours. They don't really have a definitive answer as to why this happens but an inner ear infection can trigger it. This could be the case with Sky, she always has ear issues.
When we woke up this morning, she seems to be fine. She ate both dinner and breakfast last night and is acting totally normally today. I may still bring her to the vet to get her ears checked but if she continues to get better I can assume it was an IVE and there is nothing the vets can do about that. It's hard having old dogs. Sky has been with me for 14 years…I love that dog.
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