Paralyzed Long Beach Puppy Needs Help

Jerome is a 6 years young, long-haired Doxie. This past weekend, a series of devastating and unfortunate events led to Jerome needing emergency surgery for a confirmed slipped spinal disc. Prior to the surgery, we were informed that J had no motor function in his back legs and was in a lot of pain. This is really the worst case scenario, for this type of injury. There is a 50% chance he will walk again. The recovery process may take 3-6 months. This is truly heartbreaking and inexplicable as he was just chasing squirrels in the yard days ago.

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