We took Cooper to the hospital the day after Christmas. We knew something was wrong for almost 2 weeks and when we finally took him, his head was low and he yelped a lot in pain. Cooper had a slipped disc in his neck area & had surgery on December 
27, 2007 (another dog came in paralyzed so they had to push Cooper's surgery to the following morning). This time the stitches were down his throat. We had quite a scare because he was in more pain when we took him home. They pulled a nerve during surgery (complication) and there was a possibility not all the floating disc materials were removed. To our amazement, he stopped yelping and started walking to pee the next day and even managed to walk up his ramp to sleep on our bed the 2nd night. His bark sounds different (hoarse) which unfortunately still does not stop him from barking at the poolman & the gardener. We are hoping his bark will go back to normal in a few months (or we will get used to this new one!).Here is the link to view details about the pet hospital http://petsurgery.com/. They are a GREAT group and we highly recommend them. His neurologist this time (the 1st time was Dr. Berry) was Dr. Stevenson (Dr. Berry was on vacation) who is a really sweet lady who obviously cares so much for Cooper.
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