Our First Baby Girl- Alley is Very Sick:(

I am very sad to say that we have some sad news about Alley. Last night, after Jay got home, I commented about how weird it was that she did not move to greet him when he came in. About an hour after that while he was vacuuming, she came off her pillow because she is scared of the vacuum. Sadly, we both laughed because she was scooting around on her butt only using her front legs. I tried to put her on her back legs, but she would just fall back onto her butt.




Jay said that she was not in pain and that I should just take her to the vet in the morning. I insisted on taking her to emergency. While there, the vet told me that it was severe and that she likely had a herniated disk in her spine. She is paralyzed from the waist down. We had Paula come and watch Milan while Jay and I went to a neurologist to talk about surgery.




We found out how expensive it would be and what the recovery would be like. After a hard decision, we decided to try a cortizone injection and see how she responded to that. It does not look good though. I am hopeful, but realistic. Within the next week, we may need to make a really tough decision.




Today the vet says she is not better, but not worse (which is good). He wants to keep her in the hospital again tonight and give her another shot. We will know more within the next 3-4 days.




As you know, we like to joke around about how much out pets are jerks, but they do mean so much to us. Please keep us in your thoughts this week.




Here are some pictures of Alley and Milan over the last couple of years. She is a wonderful companion to us and has always been very tolerant of Milan.