[Raekwon]

In the past few months my Female 11 y/o Border collie/lab x has had issues getting up the stairs after playing in the basement, the stairs are fairly steep and I figured she was just tired and maybe sore. In that time she stopped going up the stairs even without playing and we would carry her up, I know she could do it because she has even recently.

2 day ago she started walking very stiffly in her back legs and started having issues getting around and her back feet kept slipping out to the side which we thought was due to the hardwood floors and maybe her paws were slippery on it. She still got up and walked for a treat or to greet us after work.

Yesterday she went out to the bathroom and when I checked on her she was practically laying to pee her legs spread out and only on her front paws basically peeing where she was laying got up from that to poop and had some issue but could do that. I took her to the vet yesterday afternoon and by then she could barely walk her back legs seemed like they weren't working and she kept falling. The vet thought it was her hips even though I explained that this was fairly sudden and did x-rays and they came back showing no signs of issues at all. She then decided it was soft tissue and advised her to take anti-inflammatory and rest for a week not letting her walk without aid, secluded room with no hardwood floors etc.

On the way out I said it seemed more like her right leg and the vet thought it was her left then noticed her paw toeing over as she walked and briefly mentioned sciatic nerve but didn't elaborate. After doing some research I would have to agree on sciatic nerve but I don't know what we are supposed to do about it? what the probable outcome is?

I need some more answers as she didn't get up at all since we got home yesterday and was whining a bit at 3am and I carried her outside to go to the bathroom and had a towel to support her backside but she wouldn't go.

Sorry for the paragraphs I just copied and pasted from another site I posted to.