Vestibular Syndrome

Okay, so when I started this blog for Tsu'tey, I didn't think we would continue to have issues to post about other than training, etc.  But alas, the vestibular syndrome has started up again.  Our vet did say that if it is an inner ear infection causing his problems (nystagmus, loss of balance, head tilt, etc.) that it may require a longer time on antibiotics but wanted to see how 3 weeks went.  Well, less than 2 weeks after completing his 3 week round of Clavamox the symptoms have come back.  Yesterday he was perfectly fine, playing that afternoon and acting like his normal silly self and when I went to feed dogs around 5pm and I went to put his food in with him, his head was rocking back and forth.  I took him out and the nystagmus is back, loss of balance, wobbling and so on.  I put him down in the kitchen to see how much balance he had and he was pretty wobbly but gained some control over his legs after a minute or two of walking around - he adapts pretty quick.  I gave him a pill for motion sickness since they can get nauseous from all the movement and then helped him eat.  His appetite was great, he ate a big bowl of food but I held his head steady otherwise he couldn't keep his head in the bowl to eat.  I helped him get a drink of water and then finished feeding dogs and sat on the couch with him.  Other than all the rocking back and forth, nystagmus and loss of balance, he seemed to feel fine and keeping his still was the biggest problem.  He wanted to get up and play and move around as he normally does but he wasn't in the condition to do that, so after a while I put him in his crate to lay down and rest.  He napped without a problem and slept through the night.  He seemed better this morning, balance is a bit better, nystagmus isn't as bad, ate and drank fine, when he shook this morning (as most dogs do when they get up in the morning) he was able to keep control of his balance and didn't fall over so that was good.  So as of right now, he's back on Clavamox for 6-8 weeks and see if we can get it completely under control.  He's still the happy, go-lucky, silly little boy that he normally is so it doesn't seem to be bothering him mentally, he doesn't let something like vestibular syndrome get him down :)