Zed is feeling better today. Yesterday was scary. It was the worst we have ever seen him. His back legs were so wobbley, but he didn't fall down any (we can call him Mr. Weeble).
Around 1:30 am, he woke me up. Did his little shake to wake up and started to head off of the bed. Luckily, we had a baby gate up at the top of the stairs, so he didn't get far. I picked him up and brought him downstairs. He went to his water and then I asked if he wanted to go out. He was outside for a few minutes, so I think he pooped (which didn't happen at all yesterday during the day).
This morning and today, he is much better. Still a little wobbley, but not too bad. I talked to our vet this morning and since he's better today, we are keeping him on an aspirin regimen for about a week. Since the aspirin works, that will be our plan of attack for flairups unless they get really bad.
We don't know for sure, but we think it is probably a slip disc that flairs up. We think he just did too much on Christmas Day (up and down the stairs and jumping on and off furniture). We will be limiting the jumping and climbing for a few days, and in the future.
It was hard yesterday. Just the thought of him being sick made us both so emotional. We would not be able to handle losing Zed anytime soon.
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