So we hit the two weeks post surgery mark yesterday. We still haven't seen even an ounce of improvement. We got Dexter's staples out the day before yesterday and talked with the vet. We had it in our head that we were going to give it 2 more weeks and if we didn't see any improvement we were going to have to start considering the "e" word. I can't even bring myself to say it. I have been having some pain in my low back which on Tuesday got really bad. I ended up going to the emergency room twice on Tuesday the first time they gave me a pain/inflammation shot and sent me on my way with some vicodin and flexeril to take home. I didn't get any relief from the shot so I took the medicine they sent me home with and still got no relief. So I went back to the ER. They gave me steriod shot and a shot of Dilata(sp?) its a really strong pain medicine. I ended up throwing up all night and still didn't get any pain relief. So today I went to the Chiropractor and he took X-rays only to find out that my Sacral (the bottom section of your back bone) was out of place along with the disc between my L4 and L5 vertebrae is slipped I think was the term he used. Basically the cushion between the two bones is coming out of place and the bones are rubbing together. They did an adjustment and got the sacral back in place which gave some immediate relief but I am still in immense pain. I have to go back today and I can't do anything for Dexter anymore. I can barely roll over in bed without alot of pain. My fiancee has pulled a muscle in his hip and he is having to care for me and Dexter. I fear that Dexter's time has come. I had to miss work Tuesday and my fiancee had to miss work Wednesday to care for Dexter because I couldn't. I very much wanted to give it two more weeks so that we were 100% sure that there was no chance for recovery, but with my own health at risk as well as my fiancee's I believe tomorrow we are going to talk with the vet about putting Dexter down. If he could use his back legs at all we could try raise funds for a wheelchair but I haven't seen anything online of a dog with only 1 leg able to manuever a wheelchair . On top of everything alot of my pain I am experiencing is coming from pinched nerves. They said Dexter's spinal cord was pinched which is what was causing the information not to fire right, so even though he isn't acting like he is pain I can almost guarentee that he is on a daily basis. I get shooting pains down my leg from nerves in my hip area being pinched. He is miserable I can tell. He wants to get up so bad but his back legs do nothing. He has barely wagged his tail since this last surgery. Honestly I regret the surgery. I wish we had just enjoyed Dexter as he was for a 2-3 more months and then put him down. At least he could stand up and poop and pee on his own. At this point I feel like keeping him alive is more for me than him. I mean what kind of life is it for a puppy that can't do anything. We have to help him pee/poop/eat/drink. We have to hold him up and flip him from side to side. I mean he literally can't do anything other than use his front arm to pull him self in a circle, which all that does is rub his arm into the ground and he bangs his head against the floor as he is trying to pull himself. I wanted so bad to have this amazing success story for Dexter. I am very sad to say I don't see it anymore. I just don't think we can handle the care for another two weeks. I am so at a loss, I don't want to do this but I see no other way.