Janie, Janeyre Austen, our sweet little doxie is (I'm pretty sure) suffering from Disk Disease.
The symptoms for DD are:
Quiet, lethargic
Sensative upon touching back area
Shivering
Crying
Dragging of rear legs
Paralysis or discomfort
Unable to move
Poor appetite due to pain
Hunched back
Uncontrollable bladder and bowel movements
No feeling whatsover in rear end
(if the last two symptoms are occuring, this is an emergency situation)
Hasn't gotten the last two, yet, but all the rest are spot on... another list also included legs failing, and back end trying to walk in a different direction from the front... she's got those happening too.
So here's the problem... we do not have the estimated $4000-5000 for a surgery... and even with surgery it's 40% chance of coming back... but without that surgery she'll just continue as above... hurting like hades... and not being able to be Janie at all.
I did try, even though I know we can't afford it, to apply for the Vet Credit stuff and we just don't qualify... but I felt I had to try.
SO... now what? Without surgery she will be in pain constantly... literally, even just sitting still she's hurting I can tell... I can't stand it. There are pain meds I guess, but then she'll still be just laying there waiting for the pain to return... and from MIL's experience meds for doggies are pricey too... if it's an antibiotic that works and that's that it's one thing... but to have to keep her on that sort of thing, dopey and still unable to walk... that's not life... that's what we had to watch Mems go through this past year... pain led to pain meds that were increased and increased and still didn't work... and those in turn destroyed all her organs... it was NOT pleasant and she was MISERABLE... she was a very religious lady and even she got to the point where she was asking why God was doing this to her! It was AWFUL and I can't imagine putting her through that.
But at the same time the thought of killing her just... good grief I'm choking up again, and I don't want the kids fretting... they know something is wrong but not that it's THIS wrong... sheesh this sucks rocks.
I don't see any other option... I can't stomach her being trapped, unable to walk, and drugged until she dies of organ failure... but I can't stomach "putting her down" (what a pathetically idiotic phrase) either... but the money for surgery is just not there.
Crap crap crap
The symptoms for DD are:
Quiet, lethargic
Sensative upon touching back area
Shivering
Crying
Dragging of rear legs
Paralysis or discomfort
Unable to move
Poor appetite due to pain
Hunched back
Uncontrollable bladder and bowel movements
No feeling whatsover in rear end
(if the last two symptoms are occuring, this is an emergency situation)
Hasn't gotten the last two, yet, but all the rest are spot on... another list also included legs failing, and back end trying to walk in a different direction from the front... she's got those happening too.
So here's the problem... we do not have the estimated $4000-5000 for a surgery... and even with surgery it's 40% chance of coming back... but without that surgery she'll just continue as above... hurting like hades... and not being able to be Janie at all.
I did try, even though I know we can't afford it, to apply for the Vet Credit stuff and we just don't qualify... but I felt I had to try.
SO... now what? Without surgery she will be in pain constantly... literally, even just sitting still she's hurting I can tell... I can't stand it. There are pain meds I guess, but then she'll still be just laying there waiting for the pain to return... and from MIL's experience meds for doggies are pricey too... if it's an antibiotic that works and that's that it's one thing... but to have to keep her on that sort of thing, dopey and still unable to walk... that's not life... that's what we had to watch Mems go through this past year... pain led to pain meds that were increased and increased and still didn't work... and those in turn destroyed all her organs... it was NOT pleasant and she was MISERABLE... she was a very religious lady and even she got to the point where she was asking why God was doing this to her! It was AWFUL and I can't imagine putting her through that.
But at the same time the thought of killing her just... good grief I'm choking up again, and I don't want the kids fretting... they know something is wrong but not that it's THIS wrong... sheesh this sucks rocks.
I don't see any other option... I can't stomach her being trapped, unable to walk, and drugged until she dies of organ failure... but I can't stomach "putting her down" (what a pathetically idiotic phrase) either... but the money for surgery is just not there.
Crap crap crap