He told me that Parker was born with one vertebrae missing which left his spinal cord unprotected. The doctor entered and by the look on his face I knew the news was bad. We were taken into a waiting room where he and I began playing together on the floor. We arrived there on Thursday and everyone immediately fell in love with Parker. She referred me to the VSH to see s neurologist. She told me that she had never seen anything like it and could not explain it. She called me very alarmed at what she had found. I brought him to her and she examined him and took x-rays of his entire body up to the neck. This is how he remained on Monday so I again contacted my vet. When I bent over to pick him up, he licked my face and was wagging his tail non stop. He was completely paralyzed in both hind legs. When we woke on Sunday, Parker could not move. She prescribed some rimidyl and asked to see him again in a week unless he took a turn for the worse. We went on Saturday to see my vet and she was pleased with his progress but told me he walked as though he had a back injury. As the days went on Parker began walking again and playing with his brother, he was my happy baby boy again. Parker had a fever so my vet sent him home with an antibiotic and asked to see him again at the end of the week. We were expecting to find a fracture but to our amazement there was nothing but some swelling. I took him to my vet to be examined and we took x-rays of his legs. After a few days, the screaming stopped but he was still walking with a limp. I rushed him to the emergency vet where they could find nothing wrong with him and sent us home with some medicine for the pain. Each day his condition worsened until he was screaming in pain almost constantly. When the boys turned 5 weeks old, Parker started acting like he wasn't feeling very well and was walking with a limp in his left leg. It was amazing to watch the new things they learned each day. He and his brother continued to grow and each day was an adventure. Parker had to be bottle fed every 2 hours for the first couple weeks. Their mother was euthanized in a shelter and they were left to die with 10 other siblings. Parker was a puppy that I took in as a foster when he and his brother were 7 days old. The last picture taken of Parker with my Rottweiler Mason.
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