cellini's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Faith It's a miracle. It's an absolute miracle. Even his bad front left leg is now working as well as the other legs did 2 days ago. Simon walked all the way out of the house into the front yard, peed and pooped standing up all by himself and then walked back into the house. This was a few hours ago and since then he's been exhausted and just resting in the hallway. But it was amazing. He was so much more steady than even this morning. Refusing to put this dog down when everyone was telling me to do it has been the most right thing that I have ever done. How could you ever have a miracle if you kill the patient before it can happen? This is the happiest weekend of my life. It really is. I don't think he's going to need the surgery. I think that he's getting better and he's going to keep getting better. Some day it will happen again. The swelling in his neck vertebrae will flare up and he will be paralyzed again. But now we know how to treat it. I'll give him another big shot of steroids, follow it up with oral doses every day and within a few weeks he'll recover. Just like this time. We can live with this. We can do this. 5:44 p.m. - 2007-10-20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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