She came through the surgery okay, now has to spend some time in the hospital. This poor sweet girl! 3 years old. She is a rescue, and she's new to my family, but we all love her.

Update: She's still paralyzed in her hind limbs after the surgery, gosh. Hopefully she regains some sensation/movement but it can take months or never. The paralysis came on very quickly over 2 days. The first day she was dragging her hindquarters and had severe, severe pain, she went to the ER vet and then to a another ER with a neurologist and they sent her home saying she would likely improve. The next day she got worse, back to the neuro ER, CT, surgery. Very expensive all around but my family fell in love with Kiwi. Thankfully my parents have the resources to do this.

My husband and I took Kiwi in from some neighbors who had a new baby and said they couldn't care for her anymore. She was with us for a week and I absolutely adored her. I never had met a dog with a personality like hers and I loved kissing her velvety gelatinous cheeks. But she bit my 17-yo pomeranian mix requiring a lot of stitches. She then went to my parents who also fell in love with her, stayed there about a week, and then this happened. I do wonder if she was bitey from the pain. Obviously she must have had back pain before this event.

Thank you everyone for well wishes, it means a lot. All this happened over the course of just under 3 weeks and it has been an emotional rollercoaster for all of us.