Help us cover Barkley's emergency visits, tests, and medications

A few weeks ago, Barkley went to an emergency vet for having some muscle issues in his rear legs. He would walk for a few minutes, but then slowly get slight muscle tremors and sink down. But that day, he couldn't get comfortable and was panting heavily.

The emergency vet is quite a ways away from our home. We had them run some x-rays and bloodwork; nothing really came back indicating anything. It was suggested we look into myasthenia gravis. The next day, we had him checked over by his primary vet, who agreed the potential for myasthenia gravis was there and we sent out that test. Since it could take around 10 days to come back, we went ahead and started medication for it just in case.

The MG test came back negative. He has Lyme disease, so we considered a flare-up of that. We started antibiotics to see if those helped anything.

Then this week he woke up and couldn't get down the stairs safely. We noticed his eyes weren't responding to anything, so we took him back to another emergency vet. They confirmed his retinas were detached and, at least temporarily, he was legally blind. They think his eyes and his legs/muscles were unrelated issues. We're currently awaiting results for an infectious disease blood panel.

3/25/26 - This morning his muscles spasms increased and he was extremely lethargic, so he is currently admitted for observation.

We appreciate any help anyone can provide on getting him healthy and back on track!