Reign the GERMAN SHEPHERD HAVING THIRD ACUPUNCTURE SESSION. IVDD Mobility Diary June 28th, 2024

Reign's Surgery GofundMe page link:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...

Please follow Reign's story as we battle IVDD together.

Reign the German Shepherd receiving her third acupuncture session. The vet had to leave the room for an emergency and Reign proceeded to scream the house down, because that's just what she does! I'm calming her down and distracting her with food!

Reign is my German Shepherd support dog that needs a spinal decompression surgery. She was first diagnosed with IVDD Type II (Slow onset) on October 6th 2023, but she later relapsed with acute IVDD on May 11th 2024. I am exhausting all avenues to try to save Reign's life, but so far I have found no support whatsoever and I fear I am losing the battle.

A neurologist examined Reign on June 11th, 2024, and these videos were originally intended to show him Reign's progress over the days to follow. Reign is otherwise using a Walkin' Wheels wheelchair because I also have a degenerative spinal condition and I am unable to support her weight of 60 pounds.

I have since decided to keep posting as I feel these videos could help others that are in a similar situation. There is very little information out there on how to manage large breed dogs with IVDD type II. This is my journal on Reign's progress. I hope that this might help others!

Reign appears to be deteriorating and is losing full bladder control at this time. As optimistic as I try to be, this is a really bad sign for my gorgeous Reigny. Thus far, I have not even found a single charity, or similar, to as much as simply share Reign's GoFundMe campaign link in order to raise funds for surgical intervention.