[Sheenagirl]

I am so very, very sorry for the loss of your heart dog.
I didn't want to post earlier because I didn't want to scare you - I was afraid a tumor was going to be the diagnosis.
My Sheena had the same as your boy. Sheena's rear end/back legs also went paralytic -overnight. The xrays came back okay but you can't always see a tumor on the spine by xrays. Vet said if we elected to do the MRI (while she was under) he would want to do surgery right then. Vet could not guarantee Sheena would walk again, there was only a 50/50 chance the surgery would help anyway.
Because of her age (10 yrs. 9 mos.) we didn't know she would even survive the surgery and the post op would have been just too painful. We couldn't put her through that.
So we decided to medicate with prednisone to reduce the inflammation, antibiotics, etc. but the meds didn't work and she got progressively worse which our vet said confirmed his diagnosis.
I just wanted to tell you about Sheena and let you know you did everything you could for your boy - it was just out of your hands.
Letting your boy go while he was under was the best thing you could have done.
I feel so badly for you and your family. I feel your pain.
RIP big boy - fly high with the angels. You are in very good company.