Urgent Prayer Request for Sasha the Dog

From Jeana: 

Sasha is our  13 year old Husky. She has been with us since we picked her up from the pound in April 2001 when we fell in love with her curled up in a ball shaking because she was so scared. I have enjoyed almost 11 years of walking with her 3 miles a day 5 days a week.  Although she has slowed down a bit she has always been eager to go for her walk.  Mother's day weekend we took a camping trip and she over did it causing her to not be able to lift her tail because she was sore. Memorial weekend she strained her leg worse while visiting my in-laws. The next day we attempted a 3 mile walk and she lost her footing ans slipped off the curb. Since then she has been having trouble walking the three miles so we cut it down to 1 1/2 miles and eventually just around the block. The vet had given her a steroid to help with the inflammation and pain. Her last pill was this past Saturday the 9th. By Sunday night the 10th she was starting to have some mild pain again and last night, after laying in the sandbox, her favorite spot, for 3 hours she had trouble getting up the stairs. At about 1:30 this morning she tried to get up off the hardwood floor and it took her 1/2 and hours of trying before I was able to help her get up because she wanted lay next to our 5 year old son Joseph's bed - her spot since we set up the cradle before he was born as if she is protecting him. We haven't brought her into her vet yet as he is on vacation but we plan on it as soon as he returns but that isn't until June 30th.  We are bringing her in to a different vet tonight to try to make her comfortable until the 30th. Please pray that we are able to keep her comfortable so a drastic decision does not have to be made until we can see the vet we trust.  

 

Thank you,