Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Dog Lovers!! Tia needs your prayers, good thougths, hugs, whatever you have to offer!

My sweet angel "Tia" red mini-dach, 8 yrs. I took her to the vet this morning, she has a slipped disk that is protruding into her spinal column and putting pressure on it. She is in (or was in, until they gave her pain meds) excrutiating pain. She is on an 8 day pack of Cortisone. The vet said that if her back legs give out on her, she will have to have surgery, that would mean me taking her to Texas A&M Veterinary School. Also there is a time period from the time her legs quit working until you get to A&M, it has to be within a 12 hour period. Also, not much guarantee the surgery $3000. will be successful. We should know within a few days how this treatment is working.

I don't want to deal with this, I wish it would just go away, but it is not. I love this dog, she is the cutest, most loving little angel I have ever had. She also loves to entertain us, or even company she does not know. She will jump up in a strangers lap (she did this to me in the waiting room at the Vet's office once) and turn her head from me and act like she doesn't know who I am. She can be quite the punisher. It doesn't matter, I love her, and can't imagine my life without her. I raised her from a pup, she is very attached to me and I to her. If I leave her with my son and his wife, she moans and cries until I return home (short trips). I pray that I am not the one to be moaning and crying in a few days.

I am willing to try anything to help her, short of prolonging her life is she is going to continue to suffer in pain.

I can't repeat enough times, how special this sweet little thing is, and how much I do love her.

Thanks for listening, I need some support and I know there are dog lover s out there.

lots of tears today. thanks friends.

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