Folks, I'm struggling here. 

I have a frenchton (5 yo, 15 lbs). She had an accident about a week and a half ago (jumped off a high couch and landed very wrong) and I rushed her to the emergency vet. She couldn't walk and I thought she had died. $7k later (including an MRI and a few days at the vet) and she's now home. The vet said she didn't need surgery. The acute issue in her spine can get better with rest (6-8 weeks, etc.) and the issue is not pressing on her spinal cord. It's been about a week on meds and she's getting better. Quite frankly, I'm impressed. She can walk (a bit wobbly, but still, I thought she was dead just a few days ago). The meds may be what is messing up her stomach (the vet recommended we stopped prednisone as a result). 

My immediate issue now is with incontinence. It's been rough. She can hold her pee, but her poop simply leaks out. It just comes out and she seems to have no control over it. She was very good before with rarely any accidents and now it just slips out causing messes everywhere and requiring me to clean her, her beddings, and the surrounding areas multiple times per day. 
I tried diapers but it was making her little area irritated and all kinds of sore, so we're trying to let it air out. I’m lucky I can work from home most days but not everyday so that’s an issue. 


I guess the question is: does this get better? 
The incontinence, that is 🥲




Incontinence (no surgery)