Spinal Infection

I'm absolutely devastated... I found out today my precious Angel has a spinal infection. Some of you may remember I posted in December that she was wobbly and I went to the vets and got told it was just some pressure on her nerve, was given anti inflammatories and sorta left it. He acted like it was just a normal ageing thing as she was getting older. She never got 100% better but she was coping fine until the last week where she went rapidly downhill, havng a lot of trouble with one of her back legs, not walking well or jumping well. My mother took her to the vets today where they Xrayed her and found out she has a spinal infection. She has been put on antibiotics but I fear its damaged her nerves too much and she wont recover.

I'm angry with the vet for not picking it up myself, angry at myself for not taking her back sooner (but I was just going by what the vet said), angry that I didn't take out insurance when she was younger, angry that it may be all my fault that shes injured like this. I'm really depressed and scared. Am I a bad person? Have I neglected her? 

Thinking about all the what ifs is really killing me inside. I love her so much and just want her to get better, but if she hasnt improved by Friday I'm going to have to have the dreaded conversation on whether I have to have her PTS :'( 

I don't think you're a bad person. It's hard not to second guess yourself and your vet. I hope others on this site have been there and can help you. I hope the antibiotics clear up the infection. Please let us know when you have updates.

Is there any reason to think she won't fully recover?  I think you are just beating your self up right now because it's such a shock to know she may have had this going on for some time, but you said yourself that she seemed to get better after being on the anti-inflammatory in December, so until she took a turn for the worse last week, I think it's reasonable for you to think following the Vet's advise was appropriate. 

Now you've got a new  medication for the infection and I think you  need to give it time to work, unless you were advised that it should do something immediately.

that this does the trick.