Degenerative Myelopathy (“DM”)
Degenerative Myelopathy Jesse, my beautiful 13-year-old Collie Boxer mix is dying. DM, or degenerative myelopathy, is taking him from me. No one knows what causes it and no one knows how to cure it. I have been prepared Jesse’s entire life for the day a veterinarian told me he had some horrible disease. I have been prepared his entire life to spend my last dollar saving his life. It never occurred to me Jesse may one day have a disease for which there is no cure. I can make Jesse more comfortable, I can help him walk a little less wobbly for now, help to delay the inevitably of paralysis. . . but there is nothing I can do to stop his death. Jesse has had behavioral issues since he…