My little Lucy had this and went through the surgery, too. Hers was the result of a broken vertebrae. The dens broke and was pressing into her spinal chord, but she had the surgery to correct it. She also had to be held to go potty. She had to learn to walk again, too. She, also walks funny and has a curved body and stumbles and falls a lot. I call her a sidewinder. She can really move across the yard when she wants to, though. She like to play tricks on me. She asks to be picked up, but when I go to pick her up she runs a short distance away so that I have to go after her.
I don't know what I would have done without Vicki and Val. (Blue Boy Barber and mybabe4me). They diagnosed Lucy before the vet did and I had already been following the thread about Bleu and thinking it was AAI/AAS before Vicki contacted me.
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Originally Posted by jenniferg13  My yorkie, Buddie, survive this. We found a neurosurgeon that was able to diagnose him and do surgery immediately, after visiting many doctors with no solutions. I knew something was wrong for a long time, but no one could diagnosed it. One vet said he was just doing it for attention and to ignore him. Buddie was just ten months old when he had the surgery.
After the surgery, I had to teach him how to walk again, feed him canned food with a fork, hold him outside to go potty, it was awful and just broke my heart. (and the bank! The surgery was very expensive.)
Now, 3 years later, he is doing great! He can walk and play with his little sister, Cali. He walks funny and his body is kinda curved now. He slips and falls a lot and can't jump on the couch or anything like that. He is very fearful of curbs, going from the hardwoods to carpet, etc. When standing, he usually balances on just 3 of his legs. He definitely has permanent damage, but all in all is a very happy dog.
He has just recently been playing a lot more and learning new things. We practice walking up the carpeted stairs for him to gain strength back.
I would love to talk to anyone that has a yorkie that has survived this illness and to get advice on what to do now to make things better. No one is familiar with it at all, so no one can ever help. Most vets are amazed at what I know and don't know anything about it.
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