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Please follow Reign's story as we battle IVDD together.
Reign the German Shepherd on June 26th, 2024. Three days after her SECOND acupuncture session (June 23rd). Reign has been aggressively kicking her rear legs. This has occurred intermittently throughout, however it has ALWAYS been a result of a source of pain: infections in her paws, broken sore toenails, rub rash infection on her tummy, etc, and it has always resolved once the pain source has resolved. In this particular instance, I can only be sure that it is occurring in the days directly after her acupuncture sessions, but I'm unsure to the cause beyond that. I'm wondering if it could be neurological, although historically that has never seemed to be the case. In fact, the leg thrashing first occurred due to a piece of gravel becoming embedded in her paw. The thrashing of the legs was the cause of several injuries that later caused IVDD. Vicious cycle...
Reign is my German Shepherd support dog that needs a spinal decompression surgery. She was first diagnosed with IVDD Type II (Slow onset) on October 6th 2023, but she then relapsed with acute IVDD on May 11th 2024. I am exhausting all avenues to try to save Reign's life, but so far I have found absolutely no support whatsoever and I fear I am losing the battle.
A neurologist examined Reign on June 11th, 2024, and these videos were originally intended to show him Reign's progress over the days to follow. Reign is otherwise using a Walkin' Wheels wheelchair because I also have a degenerative spinal condition and I am unable to support her weight of 60 pounds.
I have since decided to keep posting as I feel these videos could help others that are in a similar situation. There is very little information out there on how to manage large breed dogs with IVDD type II. This is my journal on Reign's progress. I hope that this might help others!
Reign appears to be deteriorating and is losing full bladder control at this time. As optimistic as I try to be, this is a really bad sign for my gorgeous Reigny.