Duke is a 4 year old black and white doxie. He was diagnosed with Intervertebral Disk Disease or IVDD in March 2010. This is common in doxies and other dogs with longer backs, but may occur in doxies and other longer bodied dogs earlier in life. We always knew that Duke could suffer from paralysis from IVDD but we never imagined that it would be so soon after diagnoses. This blog is to document Dukes recovery from spine surgery and (hopefully) the eventual use of his back legs again.
Dukes vet Dr. Cook from Veterinary Surgical Care has given Duke an 80-90% chance of being able to use his legs again.
Duke is our only child and is very dear to us. We got him less than a year after being married at 13 weeks. He has been with us through so much and is always there for us when we need him, now it is our turn to be there for him.
**Thank you to Animal Medical Clinic Goose Creek, Veterinary Emergency Care, and Veterinary Surgical Care for the wonderful care and support you have show our family during our time of need**
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