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Treacle’s Aftercare

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We have had Treacle a year to the day when this awful thing happened.......

On Saturday 1st September 2018, we awoke as normal only to find Treacle had gone lame and had no feeling in her back legs. She couldn’t stand and was in desperate pain. We rushed her to vet hospital where a CT scan was carried out and it turned out she had slipped a disc in her spine leading to a damaged spinal cord.

We then had to decide whether or not to put her through surgery. We had two factors to consider, the vet advised against it, and the cost. We had insurance but this was only up to £3000. This would cover the CT scan and the surgery. The other option was euthanasia. There were plenty of tears in our household.

On the the Saturday night she got slightly worse, by Monday morning there was no improvement.

As she is a massive part of our family, and we couldn’t imagine saying goodbye, we had to give Treacle a chance. Despite the possible costs and lengthy after care, we decided to put her in for surgery.

On Monday evening, Treacle came out of surgery and all went well.  The children, Aoife,7, and Joshua, 4, were devastated that Treacle maynever come home, so spent the afternoon making her get well cards.

As of Tuesday (4th) She is progressing nicely, but it is a long road ahead. The surgeon was happy with the surgery and said she is doing well. He still advises us that the next few days are critical, but is very hopeful.

The reason we have set this page up is to help us fund Treacle’s after care which could take months. She has been in the vets for 4 nights so far and will be in there for a week. She will also need physio and hydro-therapy. We haven’t taken this decision lightly, and feel really bad about doing it, but without her in our lives we would all be devestated. 

Any donations, would be truely appreciated from the bottom of mine and my families hearts.

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Chris Bennett
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England
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