Our dog Daisy

Daisy is now 8 years old and she is starting to show it a bit. She is a very active, some say hyper, dog and loves running and playing. We knew something was wrong with her on Friday night when she just didn't even greet us at the door when we came home. She was sluggish and shaking most of the evening, we thought maybe she had a seizure while we were out. (She has epilepsy). She always sleeps in Liam's room, but that night she couldn't even make it up the 6 stairs to his room. Ryan carried her up to his room because she wanted to be there so much. We decided to take her to the vet in the morning if she didn't look better.

When morning came, she was worse. She could hardly walk and we feared that she may have ruptured a disc in her back. Ryan called the vet as soon as they opened and took her in. They looked at her and did some x-rays. The bad news was that she hurt her back, the good news was that it was only a pinched nerve not a ruptured disc. They gave us some anti-inflammatory medicine and put her on bed rest for a week.

The first day went okay, although she wanted to get every time she heard someone, she physically couldn't do it. Day two has been a little more difficult to keep her down. We have to put her on a leash when she goes out to pee and we are letting her go on the deck (otherwise she has to do stairs). Don't worry Ryan will clean it up in the spring!! We have her bed, water and food all in a little area of our living room with a box blocking her in the corner. If we aren't by her we can definitely hear her when she makes it to the kitchen. Her back legs kind of just drag on the tile when she comes in the room.

Hopefully the week will go by quickly and she will recover well. I know that she is really bored and hates not being able to run and play, but it is for her own good. I thought keeping Liam down after his surgery when he was one was difficult, I think this is going to be more difficult every day that passes.