From my reading:
If the dog is suddenly paralyzed, in too much pain, or conservative treatment is just not enough, surgery is generally thought to be the best way to go. Surgery is usually more successful the sooner it is done, (Ideally within the first 12-24 hours following loss of deep pain sensation) since the disc material will have less time to damage the spinal cord.
Layla only lost deep pain somewhere between 5 and 7 hours.
Please, God, let her be the same dog she was before. I will give her a better life than I ever have in her 4 years with me.
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