Dread
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Sunday evening, me and my wife where going to have a quiet relaxed braai, and I lit the fire.
And as I was waiting for the charcoal to turn red, I decided to play with our dogs on the couch as I usually do in the evening.
As we where playing and our Dachshund Canis 3 yo fell off the couch about half a meter from the arm rest (ran to fast and could not stop in time) and had a look and she was a okay didn’t even make a sound, played some more and started to braai.
About 10 minutes later my wife noticed she had a very slight limp on her right side, did not think much of it, and must have sprained it slightly.
At this point the dogos are in there bed cause we are going to have dinner and that is when I noticed it’s far worse now (this is a space of 30 minutes) and it is gone from a slight limp to her not being able to walk normally she has weakness in her back legs.
Take her outside and call her over to me to see what is going on and she is unstable and now she is in pain, we call the vet for a emergency and meet her at the vets office.
We get to the vet and she says it is most likely a back injury and that it can be a slipped disc, now we are worried and are given a lot of medicine and told we need to keep her as still as we can, then after two days asses her situation. Also that it will get worse over night with swelling.
I am stunned cause it was not that high and she did not cry or give any indication that she was hurt!
As the vet told us her condition did worsen a bit over night and she was in quite a bit of pain Monday morning, to the point where I need to carry her out to wee and poo, we are giving her all the meds and making sure she is drinking and eating.
Tuesday morning I get up at 4:30 to check on her and she is in considerable pain if you try and move her she mouns and growns, so wake up my wife and tell her we need to get back to the vet as soon as they open up, I did give her, her meds and at 20 to 8 get in the car and drive to the veterinarian.
We wait for them to open and go in as soon as the doors open, give details and we go in to see the vet and suddenly Canis wee’s all over the floor and me as I'm carrying her in to the exam room . After a long check up and the vet explaining the situation to us. At this point I’m in tears and can’t really talk to the vet
Sweet Canis is in bad shape, the vet is almost certain that she has a crushed/slipped disk, and in some terrible pain. She has now lost control of her bowls and bladder also has no feeling in her short little legs or tail.
My wife takes over, asking question and getting the details of how much pain she is in and how much pain she is going to have and the quality of life she can have (I left the room cause I was to emotional at this point) if we take her to a specialist orthopedic surgeon, or take her home for a week to wait and see if she improves and maybe new stronger meds can ease her pain? (they gave us the best pain meds they can give the first visit).
The Surgery rout can maybe work and it will mean more pain and suffering because they can only operate next week, they are in Pretoria as well, plus the recovery if she does 50/50 is long and painful.
After surgery her quality of life will not be as it was before, she will most likely be in pain long after and also it will happen again because of a jump or a stumble down a step and this time it will be worse.
The second option is to take her home and try too keep her as still as possible, for a week and see if things improves. She will still be in pain because we need to move and clean her every time she has a poo or a pee.
And the third option is to have her put down and it will be least painful.
So we did what we thought is the best option to help her get rid of the terrible pain and to not cause any more.
I'm deeply saddened buy this and will take a long time for us both to get over this los of a sweet sweet dog and a truly lovely companion!
Thank you for taking the time to read this and letting me vent on the forum.
And as I was waiting for the charcoal to turn red, I decided to play with our dogs on the couch as I usually do in the evening.
As we where playing and our Dachshund Canis 3 yo fell off the couch about half a meter from the arm rest (ran to fast and could not stop in time) and had a look and she was a okay didn’t even make a sound, played some more and started to braai.
About 10 minutes later my wife noticed she had a very slight limp on her right side, did not think much of it, and must have sprained it slightly.
At this point the dogos are in there bed cause we are going to have dinner and that is when I noticed it’s far worse now (this is a space of 30 minutes) and it is gone from a slight limp to her not being able to walk normally she has weakness in her back legs.
Take her outside and call her over to me to see what is going on and she is unstable and now she is in pain, we call the vet for a emergency and meet her at the vets office.
We get to the vet and she says it is most likely a back injury and that it can be a slipped disc, now we are worried and are given a lot of medicine and told we need to keep her as still as we can, then after two days asses her situation. Also that it will get worse over night with swelling.
I am stunned cause it was not that high and she did not cry or give any indication that she was hurt!
As the vet told us her condition did worsen a bit over night and she was in quite a bit of pain Monday morning, to the point where I need to carry her out to wee and poo, we are giving her all the meds and making sure she is drinking and eating.
Tuesday morning I get up at 4:30 to check on her and she is in considerable pain if you try and move her she mouns and growns, so wake up my wife and tell her we need to get back to the vet as soon as they open up, I did give her, her meds and at 20 to 8 get in the car and drive to the veterinarian.
We wait for them to open and go in as soon as the doors open, give details and we go in to see the vet and suddenly Canis wee’s all over the floor and me as I'm carrying her in to the exam room . After a long check up and the vet explaining the situation to us. At this point I’m in tears and can’t really talk to the vet
Sweet Canis is in bad shape, the vet is almost certain that she has a crushed/slipped disk, and in some terrible pain. She has now lost control of her bowls and bladder also has no feeling in her short little legs or tail.
My wife takes over, asking question and getting the details of how much pain she is in and how much pain she is going to have and the quality of life she can have (I left the room cause I was to emotional at this point) if we take her to a specialist orthopedic surgeon, or take her home for a week to wait and see if she improves and maybe new stronger meds can ease her pain? (they gave us the best pain meds they can give the first visit).
The Surgery rout can maybe work and it will mean more pain and suffering because they can only operate next week, they are in Pretoria as well, plus the recovery if she does 50/50 is long and painful.
After surgery her quality of life will not be as it was before, she will most likely be in pain long after and also it will happen again because of a jump or a stumble down a step and this time it will be worse.
The second option is to take her home and try too keep her as still as possible, for a week and see if things improves. She will still be in pain because we need to move and clean her every time she has a poo or a pee.
And the third option is to have her put down and it will be least painful.
So we did what we thought is the best option to help her get rid of the terrible pain and to not cause any more.
I'm deeply saddened buy this and will take a long time for us both to get over this los of a sweet sweet dog and a truly lovely companion!
Thank you for taking the time to read this and letting me vent on the forum.
