00:00About eight months ago. My middle-aged dog went from this to this and it has been quite the journey
00:06So I wanted to share a little recap with you guys and hopefully provide some hope for anybody else who's going through this one night
00:12He woke up from a little nap on the couch. I noticed he was walking funny like this
00:15So we rushed him into the vet and within three to four hours. He had no function his back legs
00:22Everyone's first guess was IVDD, which is where a disc between his rotary bursts
00:26But it wasn't that they did an MRI to confirm it and a lot of blood tests and urine tests and all that
00:31Turns out he has an autoimmune disease that was attacking his spinal cord
00:34He was immediately given medication treatment to calm down the inflammation in his spinal cord and then he was in no pain, thankfully
00:41So at this point it was just a matter of us adjusting to paralyzed life
00:45They said there's a 99 plus percent chance. He'll forever be paralyzed
00:49So I didn't know what to do as you can see there were a lot of tears
00:51This has been a really emotional roller coaster
00:54But I knew that I would do whatever I could and whatever I could afford to do to give him the best quality of life
01:00Possible early on this process. I learned about spinal walking which some paralyzed dogs are capable of doing it's when they
01:06Unconsciously move their back legs and in order to get there. We did a ton of acupuncture
01:10We did physical therapy red light therapy hydrotherapy
01:14I mean, I really dedicated my life savings and a lot of my time to helping this dog
01:19That was the goal and as you can see there was progress you tickle his toes and he reacts his reflexes are firing and of
01:26Course there were ups and downs randomly. He got this huge scab on his back. That was super concerning
01:30I think it was a reaction to the chemo treatment
01:32So we stopped doing that and we continued with all the other therapies and hydrotherapy
01:37This was the first video I ever got of him trying to stand on his own and it was so emotional
01:42This happened back at the end of June
01:44So about four or five months after his paralysis and I thought wow, this is incredible and looking back
01:50I had no idea at the time how incredible it was just going to continue to be because progress
01:55The progress did not stop. In fact, the progress had was kind of slow
01:59I would say the first four to five months and then in the last
02:03Three or four months it has just taken off
02:07Astronomically and I can't wait to show you guys. So thank you so much to everyone who's been following along Tyrion's journey
02:12So come back for part two if you want to see Tyrion take his first steps since paralysis
02:42Oh
02:46Oh my god, I'm gonna freaking cry
03:00Wow Tyrion
03:03You're amazing
03:06You're amazing
03:09Oh my god
03:12You're taking steps
03:16Wow and a tail wag and a tail wag
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