dog down

So most of you know that I run with my dogs, two primarily. Cohiba and Romeo go with me on most runs and have gone on runs up to around 12 miles. They pull the whole way and are in great shape. So it was quite a surprise on Wednesday when Cohiba hurt herself. It started in the morning. As I was leaving to school I mentioned to Lisa that Cohiba looked strange. Later that morning she took Cohiba to the vet as she wasn't looking good. The vet thought that Cohiba had probably strained her back or something. By the time I got home, Cohiba was almost paraplegic. I called the vet school here at VT and took her in. They checked her out and thought she had ruptured an intervertebral disc. They kept her overnight. The next morning they did a CT scan and then took her into surgery. Cohiba managed to rupture 3 discs! She came through the surgery alright and is recovering. She is still at the hospital and Lisa, Amalia, and I have been going to visit her. Cohiba seems happy to see us and should be able to come home on monday. She will need a lot of therapy and time to recover but someday should hopefully be able to run with Romeo and me again.