| Compressed Lumbar
We have a 6 year old Rottie, Dutchie, who has 2 compressed lumbars, in her lower and upper spine. We had the lower one fixed in November '04, as the Cat scan showed it to be worst. Now we are debating the upper. The vet wants to operate, but it was so hard on her before and this is supposed to be a harder recovery. Even though she walks in little baby steps and has a hard time getting up on smooth floors, she seems to be happy, eats well, and still gets frisky. We give her suppliments for bone and joint. We also discovered she had kidney failure that has been controlled with a special diet.
Has anyone been through this with their dog? Was it worth the suffering of the dog? Was the quality of life good? As it is, she will continue to get worse and we will have to put her down if we do nothing.
Any advise you give will be appreciated.
Debbie |