| Spinal abscess or Pinched nerve
Hi everyone,
I have 8 years old Mini Pinscher. He has been sick for 2 months. I took him to 6 different hospitals and spent a lot of money for visits and medicine. First, they told me he had a pinched nerve on his med-back, between the shoulders, if I can say it like that. They put him on prednisolone. It didn’t help. He was paralyzing slowly in crucial pain, especially partial paralyses on his rear paws but still has sensation. I took him to other hospital and they told me he needs surgery. The test and surgery cost around $4700, which I couldn’t afford it. I looked for, called and wrote to different pets organizations, asking for financial aid. No one replied.
The next day after I went to the neurosurgery hospital, I took him to another hospital (my old vet) and he shot him with Dexamethasone Inj, Depo Medrol Inj, Vit B-12 Inj, and Pen –G Inj. My vet also prescribed Amoxy-Baytril antibiotic twice (2) a day by mouth. He showed a big improvement and started to walk (no sign of pain) after the first day. It passed around 10 days and he started to have pain and couldn’t walk again. He curls his paws in and then settles onto the floor. He has still a swollen spot on his med-back. I gave him Tramadol the last night and today.
I can’t figure this out, is this pinched nerve or spinal abscess cause by bacteria and compresses the nerve? And, if my dog was on antibiotic for 10 days, why didn’t help him? Why his med-back is still swollen? What should I do? I can’t afford $2500 for MR test and etc. Is it a good idea to keep him on steroids the whole time?
Please help! I don’t know what to do anymore. | 
