Back pain Ivdd

Hi, I have a year old pomeranian that weighs 4.5 lbs. she was diagnosed with IVDD and was put on pain medication and muscle relaxer. She did have X-rays done but Sid she needed MRI. I am not able to afford it at the moment and I’m currently saving up. With the X-rays provided is anyone able to tell me what I can do in the mean time? She seems to still be in pain and her leg will sometimes spasm. Are you able yo determine what stage she might be in without the MRI? Thank you in advance 

Hello - first things first, we do not give second opinions on this site.  Your vet has by now done a complex neurological assessment of the patient, watched them walk, taken radiographs according to what they found and reached a conclusion.  I only have a fraction of the information that they have, so I can only be realistic about my chances of looking at a couple of radiographs on a computer screen, without a proper history or examination, and saying something more useful about the patient's intervertebral discs than they can.  So...... how to get the information you want?  1) If there are questions that you think your vet may be able to answer, but you cannot - i.e. how to keep my dog comfortable in the meantime, these should go to the vet directly.  They may charge a repeat consultation for this, even if you don't take the patient.  Not taking the patient is sometimes useful however, because you can take along a list of questions and make sure that you can wrap your head around them without distractions.  Some vets will want to see the patient.  Some may take phone conversations.    2) If, on the other hand, you want a second opinion (i.e. another vet to give their ideas), you need to ask for one.  As a fundamental principle, the second opinnion vet needs at least as good quality of information about the case as the first (but ideally better - for example, orthopaedics might be their speciality).  I know that people worry about asking /  offending their vet, but I have never been offended by someone asking for a second opinion.  Where I am correct, it is good to be supported by another clinician - it helps by clients to trust me in our joint decision making.  Where I am wrong, it is in the animal's interests that this is recognised - and we all do our job intending to serve the animal's interests.