Warning: Get your Kleenex ready.
Check out these videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H0BPJ-p6lK8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qfJRP24Wib8
A description of the situation from the source: "Sammi was an active, happy 8 year-old Springer Spaniel who had suddenly become a quadriplegic, due to bone growing inside his spinal column and putting pressure on his spinal cord. Sammi needed intense rehabilitation following surgery, where his surgeon was unable to remove the excess bone.
The prognosis for Sammi’s complete recovery was bleak... He could not walk at all, or even hold his little head up. Nobody was sure if he would ever walk again... Full paralysis in pets is, just as with humans, complicated and challenging to treat.
After three months of daily rehabilitation to strengthen his core muscles, including electronic stimulation, electro-acupuncture, assisted standing in the underwater treadmill, and sensory rehabilitation over a therapy ball, Sammi was able to master sitting up from a down position. Treatment was continued to pattern his legs to walk again, while constantly fighting them, as they were stiff and rigid from his neurological condition.
Then one day it finally happened -- he took his first steps, and although he could not even stand and balance on his own that day, through continued rehabilitation, patience and sheer determination, he learned to walk again and never looked back."
It's crazy, but the therapy the dog was doing and what I'm doing is near identical. Pretty cool!
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ReplyDeleteYou were correct by saying get your kleenex ready. Hope all is well with you. Larry D. is heading to Florida with Nat in 2 weeks for a few days. The time is flying by very quickly thinking about Nat getting ready to relocate. I try not to think about it as it brings tears to my eyes thinking of her being so far away. She is so excited about her 2nd interview & finding out if she was awarded the job. I tease Larry D. telling him his eyes will never be the same spending time @ the beach during spring break. He is only there for a couple days spending his time looking at the apartments Nat has picked out. Nat will be there the entire week. Her boyfriend will be gone part of the time away at a golf tournament. We are doing ok with Ashley Dog. It has been 1 month already since she died. We miss her alot but realize we don't need another dog right now.