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Please Help - Ruptured Disc In Neck Of Rotty

Bacchus

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Griffo

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I am so sorry to hear about your boy. What a horrible decision to have to make. I went thru a similar thing with my Husky. He was only 7 years old tho. I made so many phone calls to so many specialists and found out that by the time that he had been flown to NSW (from NT) and had the surgery, the op would have been in excess of $7, 000.

That was fine by me, but then there was the disclaimer at the end "there are no guarantees".

All the crap I would have had to put my boy thru to even get into the operating theater i just could not bare the thought. And then at the end of all that, to have no guarentees that it would even help him?!

So i ended up making the hard decision to have him PTS. It was the hardest decision of my life.

Good Luck, I will be thinking of you.

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Tassie

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Sounds like you're in a situation where you will get the best advice possible. Just wanted to send my sympathies to you and your family for being in this situation. It's the downside of loving our dogs, isn't it.

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Erny

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Bacchus ..... have just returned from consults but have been thinking of you and Bacci throughout the day, knowing you would be at the Vets around 1.00 pm today.

Thinking of you still. :)

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Bacchus

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Thanks again everyone.

We made the hard decision to put him to sleep this afternoon. It appears that it wasn't a ruptured disc but a tumour in his spine that had ruptured. Unfortunately that limited our options so we did was was best for him, given the pain that he was in.

It doesn't make it any easier though.

Thank you all for being so helpful. It was my first visit to this site and obviously in a great deal of distress. You really helped me look for the pros and cons of the situation so I can feel some level of comfort in our decision.

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Allerzeit

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I am so very, very sorry to hear that Bacchus has passed.

Please - if you feel up to it at some stage - we would love to see photos and hear about Bacchus - there is a Rainbow Bridge section that is dedicated to sharing our memories.

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Bacchus ..... my heart goes out to you and I know that yours will be feeling torn and raw right now. It won't help to know, right now, that the pain will ease with time. Just remember that it will, if you don't know this already. You were selfless today. You loved Bacci a lot.

Fly Bacci, fly. Enjoy without pain the gentle warmth and springy soft ground at the other side of the rainbow bridge. :confused:

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Thanks again everyone.

We made the hard decision to put him to sleep this afternoon. It appears that it wasn't a ruptured disc but a tumour in his spine that had ruptured. Unfortunately that limited our options so we did was was best for him, given the pain that he was in.

It doesn't make it any easier though.

Thank you all for being so helpful. It was my first visit to this site and obviously in a great deal of distress. You really helped me look for the pros and cons of the situation so I can feel some level of comfort in our decision.

I am so sorry to hear that Bacchus.

Bacci, run free boy, say hi to Barker at the bridge, he will be your friend.

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Griffo

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I'm so sorry for your loss, I know how heartbreaking it is. Your boy is now in peace and out of pain. You did all you possibly could for him and you can't do any more than that. He was lucky to have such caring owners as much as you were lucky to have him!!

:clap::thumbsup:

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Garry

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This is the first time I've posted here but I really need some advice.

My 10 year old Rottweiler became paralysed today with no warning. He was lying down and simply couldn't get back up. We took him to the vet who tested his reflexes (ok), his temp (ok) and tried to get him up into a sling. He could put no weight on his hind legs (his toes would curl up), his front legs were tentative but it was his head movement from side to side that hurt him the most. He was in major pain, they sedated him and are doing blood work tonight just to rule out any infection (cancers etc).

They have advised that they could do surgery, no guarantees on effectiveness, value of about $3000 - $5000. They advised though that due to his age, due to the general thought that Rottys are potentially predisposed to cancers etc at this age, that we should consider putting him down.

I really don't know what I should be doing. I love him dearly but would I simply be putting an old dog through more pain if I was to proceed with the surgery? Does anyone have any advice? Please? :banghead::)

It sounds the same as Dobes can get wobblers, if toes curl up the spine is in serious trouble, Sorry Garry

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