Sunday August 19th my wife and I noticed an issue with our dog, Neo. He was a Boston terrier pug cross. He was the youngest of our three dogs. Anyways we left him in the kennel that Sunday to rest cause we thought he pulled a muscle or something. Later that night I let him out and he was walking wobbly almost like he was drunk. I immediately got scared and my wife took him to an emergency vet. The vet spent around 5 mins with him and gave my wife some medication and said he was to be on strict crate rest. We did that hoping for an improvement but nothing so on Wednesday my wife took him back to the vet. They took X-rays and said he had an issue with a vertebrae in his back and referred us to a surgeon. We called the surgeon and made an appointment for August 28th. Friday came and our poor dog couldn't even use his back legs so we took him to the surgeon as an emergency. That's when we got the awful news. Our dog was basically paralyzed and the surgery would cost upwards of $7000. There was also a chance it could be a clot but the only way to tell was a $3000 CT scan, but chances were remote. The surgery had a 5%-30% chance of working along with the usual risks. My wife and I were devastated. We would have done anything to save him but by that point we were basically too late. We made the heartbreaking decision to put him down. It was the toughest decision of my life but we thought it was best for our dog. I hate myself for it. I also hate that money was a factor. We both loved our dog very much and now he's gone. I have a lot of guilt for not acting sooner. I feel like I let him down. He was a special dog. Today is the 3rd anniversary of us adopting him. He was only 4. I will forever wonder what if. I'm also upset with the vet for their lack of urgency with the situation. They were an emergency vet clinic, why was my dog not deemed an emergency. Had the surgeon gave him better odds we would have done the surgery, but the odds were against him. I feel had we brought him in sooner he'd still be here today, and for that I am ashamed. I miss him like crazy, and our 2 other dogs lost their good friend.
