Nina, you have my prayers.
I've seen acupuncture work WONDERS for dogs that had lost the use of their back legs...even old dogs. If western medicine can no longer help...and you feel you aren't ready to give up...find an animal acupuncturist....you just might be amazed.
Good luck, God Bless you both.
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Bruce and I just got back from the Vet. Our 8 year old German Shepherd
Dog, Zevon has been having trouble with his back legs for the last
couple of months. I guess I've been in denial and have been giving him
stuff for arthritis etc. The vet (not his regular ortho surgeon, he's
out of town at conferences), suspects either a disc problem or something
called, Degenerative Myelopathy, (a degenerative neurologic disease),
something GSDs are prone to apparently. He had to stay at the vet
overnight to treat him intravenously with steroids to see if whatever is
causing his paralysis lessens. The ER vet said that there is a chance
that the steroid therapy alone could help him regain the full use of his
legs, (let's hope so, tonight's therapy is costing over $1100 bucks and
we haven't even started diagnostic work yet). If this doesn't help him,
Bruce and I have a tough decision to make. About 4 years ago, Zevon
took a leap off a very high cliff in Santa Barbara trying to get to the
surf below. He sustained severe sprains on both his front legs and we
were told by three vets to have him PTS before we found a surgeon that
took on his case and saved his life. Zevon is a highly energetic dog
that never lets pain get in his way of having a good time. The
operations and months of recooperative down-stays were extremely hard on
him. He is also vulnerable to reinjury of his front legs and now with
his back legs in jeopardy, not to mention the fact that he's no longer a
young dog, make his prognosis for a quality life in a wheel chair very
poor. Please include him in your prayers. Please pray that tonight's
treatment brings us a miracle of at least temporary recovery. He's so
important to our household, we all love him so much, dogs, cats and
humans alike. He's such a sweet soul, I don't know how we'd get along
without him.
Thanks for caring,
Nina
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