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Originally Posted by road61  I voted.... may i ask why he only stood at a year with help? |
yes you may ask. It is a very long story but i will try and make it short. His whole story is on his Dogster page in his dairy.
Babybear had a congenital defect in his neck Called Atlantoaxial Instability(AAI for short) He jumped off my lap on July 29,2006 and broke his neck very badly. He stopped breathing and my husband breathed for him all the way to the vets office. At the vets they did all they could and took test and did xrays. Everything showed no breaks but his liver levels were high. So the doc said it was Liver shunts. And he had no broken bones. Wrong.
I kept him alive all weekend long. HE was paralyzed, but I was keeping him comfortable. I took him for a second opinion on Monday(this all happened on a Saturday) to a different hospital. Xrays there(digital) there was a break in his neck C1 and C2 and he was interally decappitated. Surgery would fix this with a 85 to 90% chance of walking again. We took that chance, but he has not been able to walk on his own. I have done his physical therapy, water therapy and massage therapy since is 8 week check up after surgery. I made him a wheelchair, one was donated to him, nothing worked. Until we found Eddie's wheels and they gave us the miracle that we were looking for a cart that worked. That was a little over 6 weeks ago. He is now running in his cart. That is the very short version of Babybear's story. So that picture means a lot to me.
Thank you for asking.