New IVDD diagnosis

Our 4.5 year old just got an IVDD diagnosis a couple weeks ago. She’s in the middle of her treatment, but we haven’t seen any improvement.

I don’t know a lot about IVDD. The neurologist who saw our pup indicated it was in a “good spot”, but she hasn’t gotten any better in almost 2 weeks of treatment (strict crate rest, small pharmacy worth of meds, etc.).

Our primary vet was less optimistic and indicated it was worse than we were initially led to believe. She provided additional meds and is encouraging to continue to monitor her pain.

It seems like she’s in a lot of pain. Not constantly, but for at least portions of the day - well before she’s allowed to have additional meds. My wife is really torn up because I think she’s of the opinion that if the meds and crate rest don’t work, euthanasia is ultimately on the table as her quality of life has been flipped upside down in the past 2 weeks.

Our dog is most attached to my wife, and I know this is killing her. I’ve read a lot of posts in this group and I’ve seen a mixed bag - some folks who have dogs that make great recoveries, and others who don’t.

I guess I just don’t know what else to do or what I’m looking for by posting this.

Has anyone else been in our shoes? How long did it take for you to see initial improvements when you began crate rest and medicine? If you went the route of euthanasia, how did you make that determination?