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Hi There,
Remo is my 3 year old furbaby and special love. We adopted Remo almost 2 years ago from a military couple who was being transferred out of the country and he has held our hearts ever since!
Monday he started acting funny. I thought maybe his tummy was disagreeing with him post-holiday, but when he still was acting strangely Tuesday morning, my husband took him to the vet. The vet advised he had some back pain, prescribed some anti-inflammatories, and advised to limit his activity over the next couple of weeks but we should see improvement in a couple of days.
Tuesday night my husband called me as I was driving home from work and said his back legs were not moving and he was literally dragging himself across the floor.
Remo went in for surgery yesterday (Wednesday) after a cat-scan revealed some fluid build-up and possible disc compression. The surgeon was able to clear some disc matter from his spinal canal; the prognosis is positive, but still unclear.
Our brightest hope at this point is that he will feel much better after a few days in the hospital and may need some physical therapy to regain his mobility in his rear legs.
Of course, all of this is expensive and he deserves every possible chance to live out the rest of his life pain free and active as he has been until now.
Your contribution will go towards the expense of his surgery which includes his hospital stay, anesthesia, tests on the fluid they found, etc. If we need to proceed with physical therapy your funds would also assist with those expenses.
Remo is a lover. He is known for climbing right up on your lap and giving kisses all over your face (with a special friendly nibble for my husband's nose). Every morning he comes in and jumps up on the bed to lick our faces and curl up together before we get up to go to work. He loves to play tug and his best friend is our Dachsund, Bella, who is very confused as to where "her boy" is. They are inseparable.
Any contribution you can make will be greatly appreciated, no matter the size. We had to leave a deposit of nearly $7,000 before we left yesterday so there will be more expenses to come.
I promise to provide updates as we get them. The surgeon called this morning and said we can come by and see him later today so hopefully I'll have more news soon.
Thank You!
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