Bailey has a bad back!

My poor little baby has degenerative disc disease! He wasn't able to walk today and just whimpered and whined. An emergency trip to the vet discovered his back issues. The little guy has a birth defect and has an extra vertabrae. That, combined with being overweight (a common problem in our house with the exception of skinny Kaitlyn), his disc issues caused all sorts of problems. After x-rays, a shot, and 2 different prescriptions, the bill totaled $320. Yikes!
He is now on a strict diet to lose some weight, and has to be confined for the next 30 days. No running, no jumping, no stairs. He's going to have to be carried out to go potty. This will be so fun! At least the weather is getting better so hopefully we won't be carrying him out in the rain! If we don't take care of it and keep him confined, he could go paralyzed and heaven forbid, be put down. That is not an option!!! So he'll be treated like a little baby and carried around and his food intake will be kept to a minimum (he only gets 395 calories a day). Hopefully this will work and he'll get better and stay that way for a long long time. I'm expecting my 15 year life span for my sweet Bailey Boo!