Sunday, October 12, 2008

What a Week!

Sorry for my lack of posting, but we've been to hell and back this week (well, technically Baton Rouge, but they're pretty close to the same thing). Last weekend our beloved Pooch, our other baby, suddenly started going paralyzed in his back legs. We had no idea what was going on and neither did our vet but we knew it was bad and we didn't know how it was going to turn out. Our vet suspected that he possibly had a herniated disk and if that was the case our only two options were surgery or euthanasia (nasty, nasty word). Problem was, the only (and best) place to get this particular surgery is Baton Rouge, Louisiana a mere 8 hour drive from home. We always said we would go to the end of the earth for this dog so we packed up and away we went. By the time we made it there his back half was completely paralyzed and we feared the worst. They ran a bunch of tests and fortunately it wasn't a herniated disk, but bleeding on the spine which they say was caused by some sort of trauma (we still haven't figured out how). The good news is, it will eventually
clear up on its own.

They observed him and rehabbed him for a few days to make sure it was getting better and we were finally able to bring him home! He had a wonderful student named Andrea assigned to his care, and I believe she is the reason he is doing so well. She was wonderful with him and he really liked her! Now that he's home, one week later, he's doing much better. We support him with a sling when he walks but he is starting to be able to walk on his own for short times. We are so thankful that we were able to get him diagnosed--we would have never thought it would get better with therapy. I don't know what we would do without that dog.

All the while, my Papa has been in the hospital having surgery to remove a cancerous mass in his colon, and the only place we wanted to be was home. So, needless to say, we've had a lot going on. It seems like things are finally on the up-and-up so maybe everything will slow back to normal soon.





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