Teddy's Recovery
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Hello, everyone. I’m Teddy and I just arrived at Georgia Jack Russell Rescue … Well, technically, I didn’t quite make it to the rescue ranch. Instead, I went straight to the vet.
You see, I was recently diagnosed with interverbral disc disease and lost the ability to walk on my hind legs. My tail still wagged just fine, though! Unfortunately, spine surgery is incredibly expensive and also requires a lot of TLC for me afterwards. My family was unable to help me with this for several reasons, so they went in search of a new home or rescue for me who could help me and posted my story online.
Lots of people saw my sad post and were naturally concerned. Why wouldn’t they be? I’m young, adorable, and full of life. I want to run and play like any young Terrier. They reached out to GA JRT, who have been known to take in lots of crippled fellas like me in and help many of them get back to full mobility, mostly recently with some guy named Sawyer. They saw my story and photo and that was “all she wrote.”
Some people named “Team Russell ” picked me up near Savannah on Tuesday for a fun car ride … but I ended up at the vet(?!). Wait, what?! This isn’t fun!
It had been awhile since I had “done my business” and it was obvious I was in pain, so they weren’t going to waste any time. And I’m a sweet boy. I just like to be around people, even when they are feeling me in places that hurt and putting me through some machine to find out exactly what was going on (the muzzle was “just in case”). Of course, they were hydrating and giving me “goofy juice” to make me feel better, so that made it easier, too.
They decided that I had a ruptured disc and needed surgery ASAP, so under I went on Wednesday.
And here it is, Thursday morning. I’m wrapped up, snug as a bug, and sleeping. Dr. Wright found much more damage than expected during my surgery. He did everything he needed to do to "fix me up," but there was some bleeding in my spinal cord and bruising that causing some concern. For now, it will be a waiting game to see how I heal.
If you would like to contribute anything to my surgery and recovery, we would sure appreciate it. I know I have a long road ahead of me, but hope to share my success story like Sawyer did. Thank you for all of your support! As always, we will keep you posted here and on our Facebook page with my progress.
Leaving home and headed to the ranch. In pain, but still such a happy boy!
Examination
Surgery
You see, I was recently diagnosed with interverbral disc disease and lost the ability to walk on my hind legs. My tail still wagged just fine, though! Unfortunately, spine surgery is incredibly expensive and also requires a lot of TLC for me afterwards. My family was unable to help me with this for several reasons, so they went in search of a new home or rescue for me who could help me and posted my story online.
Lots of people saw my sad post and were naturally concerned. Why wouldn’t they be? I’m young, adorable, and full of life. I want to run and play like any young Terrier. They reached out to GA JRT, who have been known to take in lots of crippled fellas like me in and help many of them get back to full mobility, mostly recently with some guy named Sawyer. They saw my story and photo and that was “all she wrote.”
Some people named “Team Russell ” picked me up near Savannah on Tuesday for a fun car ride … but I ended up at the vet(?!). Wait, what?! This isn’t fun!
It had been awhile since I had “done my business” and it was obvious I was in pain, so they weren’t going to waste any time. And I’m a sweet boy. I just like to be around people, even when they are feeling me in places that hurt and putting me through some machine to find out exactly what was going on (the muzzle was “just in case”). Of course, they were hydrating and giving me “goofy juice” to make me feel better, so that made it easier, too.
They decided that I had a ruptured disc and needed surgery ASAP, so under I went on Wednesday.
And here it is, Thursday morning. I’m wrapped up, snug as a bug, and sleeping. Dr. Wright found much more damage than expected during my surgery. He did everything he needed to do to "fix me up," but there was some bleeding in my spinal cord and bruising that causing some concern. For now, it will be a waiting game to see how I heal.
If you would like to contribute anything to my surgery and recovery, we would sure appreciate it. I know I have a long road ahead of me, but hope to share my success story like Sawyer did. Thank you for all of your support! As always, we will keep you posted here and on our Facebook page with my progress.
Leaving home and headed to the ranch. In pain, but still such a happy boy!Examination
Surgery
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Georgia Jack Russell Rescue
Organizer
Conyers, GA
Georgia Jack Russell Rescue Inc
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