Acupuncture saved my dog!

My little 3-year-old yorkie/chihuahua, Odis, woke up one morning and was unable to feel his legs.  He was kind of dragging his feet and walking on the tops of his back feet.  He was in terrible pain.  I raced him to my regular vet.  He said Odis had severe spinal problems and would need to be put down or have a $3,500 surgery with no guarantee that he would even survive.   They loaded him up with painkillers and told me to bring him in the next day so they could put him down.   I called everyone I knew and someone who worked in a local Pet Shop suggested a vet who does acupuncture and spinal adjustments.  That vet got Odis in the next morning.  By then, Odies was so bad that I had to carry him into the office in a washbasket.  The vet totally checked Odis out.  He gave Odis a longer physical exam than I have ever received!  He decided to perform acupuncture and spinal manipulation.  He also medicated him so his muscle spasms would stop.  Within three days Odis was up and walking about, eating and barking again!  It has now been several months and Odis is running around and being his usual bad self!  I just wanted to let other people know that sometimes alternative medicine is a real life saver.  It made a believer out of me.