Denaluvscorgis
05-15-2007, 03:52 PM
Hi everyone!!! I just joined this forum today!! When I posted a "hello" another forum member asked me to share my story about my Dachshund, Jackson Browne.
He started showing signs of pain about three months ago. We took him to the vet, and they thought that his back was injured. We kept him resting, and gave him medications...Prednisone & a muscle relaxer. He seemed to get better. A month ago, he was having pain again...this time it was much worse, he was also having some paralysis. We took him back to the vet and went through the process of crate rest and medications. It didn't help this time, and he was in excrutiating pain. He would cry out in pain. The vet talked to us about surgery, but we didn't want to put him through it if his quality if life wasn't good. We decided that it would be better to have him pts rather then subject him to all of this. Last Tuesday, we were scheduled to have him pts in the afternoon. Monday night was one of the hardest nights of my life...I thought it was out last night together. I really prayed for help...a sign to let me know if I were doing the right thing. Tuesday morning when I got up, there was a sparkle in JB's eyes, his tail was wagging again & he was a little perky. I called my husband, and we scheduled an appt with a neurosurgeon on Wednesday to get a second opinion...he said that he thought he would be a great candidate for surgery. He was operated on Thursday and is now home recovering.:SMILE:
He started showing signs of pain about three months ago. We took him to the vet, and they thought that his back was injured. We kept him resting, and gave him medications...Prednisone & a muscle relaxer. He seemed to get better. A month ago, he was having pain again...this time it was much worse, he was also having some paralysis. We took him back to the vet and went through the process of crate rest and medications. It didn't help this time, and he was in excrutiating pain. He would cry out in pain. The vet talked to us about surgery, but we didn't want to put him through it if his quality if life wasn't good. We decided that it would be better to have him pts rather then subject him to all of this. Last Tuesday, we were scheduled to have him pts in the afternoon. Monday night was one of the hardest nights of my life...I thought it was out last night together. I really prayed for help...a sign to let me know if I were doing the right thing. Tuesday morning when I got up, there was a sparkle in JB's eyes, his tail was wagging again & he was a little perky. I called my husband, and we scheduled an appt with a neurosurgeon on Wednesday to get a second opinion...he said that he thought he would be a great candidate for surgery. He was operated on Thursday and is now home recovering.:SMILE: