completely random and out of nowhere, oliver shows signs of paralysis in his back legs. monday night (5/25) he had to drag himself into the house from outside with his two front legs. its really sad to see. so we took him to the vet on tuesday around 2pm and turns out he either has a tumor or a slipped disc in his spine. this causes his brain signals to be blocked from his lower body leading him to not know where his legs are. he still has reflexes in them, but he cant control them. the symptoms point more towards slipped disc bc a tumor would be more gradual.
surgery would cost $4000-5000, and we dont have that kind of money to spend. without surgery, the doctor said he has about 2 weeks before we put him to sleep. all we can do is give him pain killers.
the strange and ironic thing is that i just saw marley and me ike 3 days ago! i laughed and joked thinking we had at least 3 years before anything serious happened to oliver :(
i'm praying for you
ReplyDeletemy dog (ironically named Bevo..since he was named before I even wanted to go to UT) of over 10 years saw me get into UT and then got a tumor and had to be put to sleep