[Sheenagirl]

Sadly for us, yes, Sheena had a tumor on her spine. I copied my post and will paste below what I wrote previously in the Rainbow Bridge forum:

Sheena had gotten another UTI back around Thanksgiving for which the antibiotics did get rid of the infection but caused nausea, as she wasn't eating as well. I noticed she was getting weaker - you could see it in her back legs wobbling as she walked. She did have arthritis in her spine above her tail so I thought she needed something more than the Zubrin so our vet wanted to try prednisone instead of Zubrin. Sheena was on the pred for about a week. On Saturday (early am) Dec. 9th she wanted to go outside - it was dark - before I could turn on the flashlight I heard a dragging sound on the carpet but when the light came on Sheena seemed to be walking wobbly but weak. When I woke up Saturday morning Sheena could not move her back legs - she seemed paralyzed in her rear end. We took her to the ER and the vet took xrays - which did not show anything that would have caused the paralysis. Vet said it was possibly a slipped disc in her mid spine area or a tumor/cancer in her spine. Sheena stayed at the vets for a week to keep her immobile to see if her spine would start to heal. She still was unable to walk so we brought her home to take care of her. We wanted to give Sheena every chance to get better. But she wasn't getting any better - she was getting weaker even though she was eating a lot better. Sheena developed a fever of 102 3/10 to 102 8/10. Vet gave her an antibiotic injection in or near her spine in case there was an infection in the spine - he told us if her fever did not go down by the next morning then we were looking at something more serious (tumor/cancer). The fever was still there the next morning and she was breathing heavier. We knew she felt bad. It was Friday, Dec 22nd, and we knew we had done all we could and could not let her suffer any longer.

To answer your question - none of the meds we gave Sheena changed her paralysis and she continued getting worse.

For your Piper - do try the meds - anything you can think of because you never know one just might work to ease her symptoms. You will remember years from now that you did and tried everything you could to help her.

My thoughts and prayers go out for Piper and your family.