Thanks everyone! Mia really is a story to be celebrated. She is the toughest and sweetest living being I've ever known. She continues to live and LOVE life despite all of her challenges. My vet has asked if I would ever bring her in to the office to calm other soon to be tripawd families to show how resilient and alive they can be. 

I did end up taking her to the vet last week for an unrelated issue and told him about her falling, etc. I had recently upped her fish oil pills and put her on glucosamine and chondroitin and he was happy with that plan. But over the weekend she got really bad... she was unable to stand and I had to carry her around, though she didn't seem to be phased by it much! Me, on the other hand, cried all weekend, knowing that the end was probably soon. On Monday I called the vet and he asked me to perform a test to determine if it was most likely arthritis or could possibly be degenerative myelopathy. She passed the test, but after reading more about DM, I'm afraid she might be in the early to intermediate stages. Has anyone else had an older pup who has suffered from DM? It's so hard to tell with a senior tripawd -- what is simply just aging, what is caused because she has three legs? These are factors, I'm sure, but I feel the need to be mentally prepared for potential paralysis in the near future. 

Since there is no known treatment for DM, I'm going to continue to treat her as if she has arthritis and take it a day at a time. Thanks again so much for your kind, encouraging and loving words!

Hugs to you all!

<3 Mendy and Mia