If it is spondylitis it is extremely painful. It makes a bad gout flare seem like a cakewalk. My dog could tell when I was about to have a bad flare. She would come up and start trying to lick one of my legs. When it was bad she'd whimper and try to be right by me.
I didn't realize how helpful she was until she was gone. She's the one that helped others see I wasn't kidding when I said I was in a lot of pain. Before I was diagnosed I felt like the dog was the only one who believed how bad it hurt.
She did pretty well on my prednisone until the last week. I think the tumors started blocking her stomach. I couldn't handle watching her be up all night throwing up white foam. I started giving her steroid injections when she couldn't hold the pills down. When the vet said her stomach was blocked I had to call it.
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