30/07/2025
Alfie’s Happy Story 🐶
“One year ago, today, my back legs didn’t work so good, well barely at all. My hooman (Mama) took me to my regular vet and they told her to bring me to you, urgently. Mama ugly cried the whole drive in, I was only 3.5 years old, and as she says, “just a baby”. You promised her you would look after me and do your best to fix my back so that my legs would work again.
That evening, one year ago, your team operated on my back because my lunatic nature had caused me IVDD. You cleaned up the mess that was pushing on my spinal cord and stitched me up, the phone call late in the evening by the surgeon to tell my Mama that surgery was successful made Mama ugly cry again.
A few days later I was able to go home but the next 6 weeks weren’t my favourite as I was stuck in a crate and couldn’t jump around like a lunatic, but each day I got a little stronger and my legs started coming back to life. The after-care and physio visits were so fun for me, and my Mama appreciates everything you taught her to keep caring for me at home to get me stronger.
One year on, I’m still a big do**us with little self-preservation skills, and will likely cause another rupture, so my Mama yells at me when I get too excited and jump around, I roll my eyes at her.
I just want to say a big jumpy THANKYOU TO ALL OF YOU at ARH Pialligo for giving me my legs back and being so lovely and caring during the whole ordeal and recovery”.
