March 4th is a pretty big day in Ginny's life...seven years ago today, she had spinal surgery!
We had no idea how well things would turn out, and I remember how terrified I was that morning as if it were yesterday. We were very, very fortunate and we know it, because now here we are, all these years later, and she's continuing to do very well. There was no guarantee she wouldn't spend the rest of her life paralyzed and confined to a canine wheelchair, as was the fate of one of our other family Dachshunds, Holly, who had the same surgery. The only difference is that we caught Ginny's disc degeneration earlier. We still feel profound gratitude for the expert care she received and are so proud that she is an IVDD survivor! She is one tough little dog!
It seems particularly appropriate that she had the spinal surgery on March 4th...the date is literally a set of instructions: march forth! Fitting because the surgery corrected disc issues that were causing her pain while walking!
She's now a little slower, with some frosting on her face and a preference for long naps in sun, and that's just the way we like it!
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| this week...looking regal |
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| March 4, 2014 |
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Happy Tails to you!
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