Cowboy and Angel Adventures

It has been 1 month since we found JoJo helpless and unable to use her back legs. Instantly we became frightened and wondered if JoJo could love her life while living with type of handicap. Gene and I heard from a couple of our friends who had experienced the same injuries with their dachshunds, and all-in-all they shared a positive outcome, but time-lines were much different. Jennifer Bollin told us that she brought back two her fur-babies back to almost full recovery. She had placed them in laundry baskets for three months and rubbed their backs with pain reliever with DMSO. Brenda and Debbie Kurtz also shared the experience they had with "Brutis"; she had two other 'healthy' dachshunds in the home and became a bit depressed when he could not play with them because his back legs just wouldn't work. But, Brenda purchased 'Wheels' for Brutis which brought 'life' back into his heart as he was able to roam around with the other dogs again. Once B...

Earlier this week, I was quite certain that Jojo was just hanging on. She was peeing and pooping normally each day and she would sit in her kennel throughout most of the day and hang out with us on the couch in the evening and sleep in her basket on our on bed at night. Gene and I felt guilty last week because one day, while we were visiting mom next door, Jojo escaped her 'unlocked' kennel, made her way through the house, out the doggie door and all the way over to moms. We feared that this 'stunt' would set Jojo back and damaged what (if any) progression had been done. BUT... Jojo then started progressing along a little bit further this week. She had two more acupuncture appointments with Dr. Drake at New Frontier Animal Medical Center. On Friday morning Gene had witnessed Jojo getting herself to the standing position with both of her back legs for just a fraction of a second... but this was progression and later that day at her 2nd acupuncture appointment this ...