The vet, Peter Attenburrow suggested we kept a video diary along with things we have noticed not daily but every 3 days, so today was day 1, Monday was her operation after having a myelogram to find the problem she then had a minihemilamenectomy on her L2/3, she went in with very limited use of her back legs and hell of lot of pain and when we, Sue a dear friend and I collected her from Exeter, Peter walked her on this harness (ruffwear) down the hall to me, as you can imagine the tears, from us all....
She slept well coming home and changed sides a few times and ended up sleeping with her head on Sues lap as she was driving......Last night was stressful, we had decided to crate her so we could all sleep, she had other ideas and we panicked about the cry's that she was in pain so Ian slept in the lunge on the floor with her in his sleeping bag....Spoilt....
So this will know for the next few weeks become Mindy's blog, sorry family and friends who aren't into dogs, you will have to just not bother popping back until later in the year....
It's my way of dealing with it and the vet wants to see the video's...
We don't have to crate her, if we can supervise her, she is allowed 3 x 5-10 min walk on the posh harness from Ruffwear, added to the vet bill!!, also she can go out for wee time too, but I think I may keep that the same time as her walk, she has physio at least 3 times a day and when the stitches are out she can go to the water tread mill...He wants to see her in a month, to do some tests to see how she getting on....
And so our new life together begins.....
She will be spayed after this season which is due now, I couldnt think of breeding from her in case it puts too much strain on her back, not that I would have done it now anyway...well I would off if this hadnt happened.....so if any one wants "the book of the bitch" I have one spare! I know there will be a few dissapointed people, but hey there are plenty of pups out there....
It just wasnt meant to be..................
2 comments:
So good to see her walking about and looking so happy. Thinking of you, Sarah and Neil xx
Thank you guys...will upload some photo's later, without her harness, she scratched her side today with the bad leg...and did a bow stretch and....Bless her
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