How one rescue dog found new life in a rehab clinic at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Chrissy came from Texas. She was dumped on the streets in Texas. We think she was probably about five when we got her and we've had her almost five years. April's going to be five years. Oh, she is so happy, so laid back and so happy. Just a good dog wants to be loved on as much as possible. I first met Chrissy in neuro, so she came in on kind of an emergency situation in neurology, and she was pretty much down in all four legs. She was having trouble just standing for even just a few minutes. Well, and the conversation was possible putting her down. And that was the initial conversation from day one, since we've been here was, it's all about quality of life. We're looking for level of pain. You know what where are they at with their pain management. And then we're looking at function like how well they're able to, you know, function and be mobile. And both of those together kind of naturally address quality of life. We, my husband and I, are the people that are going to try anything we can. We were seeing her weekly. We were trying laser therapy, shockwave therapy. Got her fit for some devices to help with mobility. I suggested to the owner that we try some joint injections. It's like a hydrogel that gets injected into the joint. And it basically coats the lining of the joint. And this helps kind of create that nice, more happy environment for the cells to thrive. We've been told it's going to be two weeks before you notice anything. I think I noticed something within five days. She started picking up her toy again to take it outside. She didn't immediately go outside and lay down. First thing that I noticed was a huge difference was just her ability to stand for longer than a couple seconds. Overall has completely changed her quality of life to much better. To where we at least know we have some more time with her. The owners have been 100% on board with everything that we've done, which is really nice. They've been willing to, you know, take all of our recommendations and they've been super supportive about the whole process. You have to do what's best for them. So for her to be able to be happy and feel like getting up and walking around, that's what it's all about.