Thank you. You know, I'm finding it hard to even read the other IVDD dog list I'm on. Most people haven't had surgery for their dogs because they can't afford it, but they catch it early and crate rest them and they turn out okay. Some of them do get the surgery and their dogs either walk right out of surgery or within a week or so. There are a few still paralyzed and with carts, but most of those didn't have surgery either, or got better after surgery and had a relapse... I guess it's just hard to see everyone else's happy walking dogs, when 4 weeks post surgery I have a dog who still hasn't regained ANY sensation. And I feel like maybe we don't deserve a miracle.
Sometimes I feel like my posts and questions there get overlooked anyway. And most of the posts are about "dachshunds are the strongest and most stubborn breed! Dachshunds get this disease because they can get through it!" ... but I think yorkies are tough too, and my yorkie can maybe get through it...
So thank you, yorkie lovers. Even if you're not all experts on dogs with disc disease, you're there to cheer us on and help us out and I feel like I can come here and find people to lean on when I'm at the end of my rope. I don't know what I'd do without you all.
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