Shelby's Lucy 4/7 Surgery 8wks — Beagle

Hello and thank you for letting me join the forum! I'm Shelby and my baby is Lucy, a ~6yo rescue beagle. I look forward to all of the advice here. Our beloved Lucy suffered a herniated disc literally overnight. Last week on Wednesday (4/5) she seemed a little lethargic but we thought she was just resting. Thursday morning she was a little wobbly on her back legs and seemed to have a hard time sitting comfortably. We recognized the symptoms of a back problem from a previous beagle we'd had so we took her to the regular vet. The vet did an x-ray and saw some swelling near the tail so he put her on IV steroids and kept her overnight. Friday morning we got an early call and she was not able to use her legs or tail at all, was incontinent, and seemed paralyzed. We rushed her to a specialty practice where we were devastated to learn that she did not respond to deep pain when her toes were pinched and did not flip her feet over when placed on their toes. We did an MRI which showed a herniated disc and immediately went into surgery. We were able to get her into surgery within about 12 hours of losing feeling in her legs. We were so worried and hoped for the best but knew the deep pain perception was not a good thing. She came through surgery well but was incontinent. The second day after surgery, she responded to deep pain! The third day she was able to retain urine and we got to bring her home. For the first day or two she had some leakage but was able to urinate when we took her out. As the days have gone by she has become fully continent. She has also started moving her legs when held in a towel-assisted position and is able to wag her tail a little bit. We are so happy because the prognosis had been so poor! We love our Lucy dog! She does well in the crate and was fully crate-trained prior to this, but whines and wants to be with the family, especially when we're eating or the kids are playing in the living room. I think her recovery is going well but she's REALLY a jumper and I don't know how we're going to handle that once we get her back on her feet. Thanks everyone for all of your help in advance!

☀︎1-- I'm Shelby and my sweet dog is Lucy, a ~6 year old rescue beagle. We live in Southern California
☀︎2-- Lucy is 40 lbs and large for a beagle
☀︎3-- Her surgeon is a specialist, ACVS focusing on neurology
☀︎4-- Surgery was 4/7/17     Strict crate rest 24/7      Passive home PT
☀︎5-- We were instructed to do home PT. Stand her up supporting her hind end with one hand, take a back leg and gently extend it forward, then backward, then in a bicycle motion, repeat on other leg, 5-10 minutes up to 4x daily. After 2 weeks she can wade in a tub of water, but she actually hates water so I don't think we'll be doing that.
         No unsupervised walking until after 8 weeks
☀︎6--  Strict crate rest for 4 weeks followed by additional crate rest for another 4 weeks with some towel assisted walking 15-20 minutes 2x daily and walking on inclines allowed
☀︎7--  No pain, thankfully

☀︎8--  40 lbs
Prednisone 20mg, 1/2 tab orally every 12 hours with food for 5 days (done), then 1/2 tablet orally every 24 hours with food for 7 days (now), then 1/2 tablet every other day for 2 weeks
Buprenex 0.6mL every 12 hours for 3 days as needed (finished)
Neurontin (Gabapentin) 100 mg 2 capsules every 12 hours for 2 weeks as needed for pain (current)
Cephalexin 500mg 1 capsule every 12 hours with food for 2 weeks (current)
Acepromazine 10 mg 1/2 to 1 1/2 tablets orally up to twice daily as needed for sedation (currently giving 1/2 tablet in the morning)

☀︎9-- She cannot wobbly walk but attempts to move the legs on a non-slippery surface. She can do some small tail wagging.

☀︎10-- Do you find wet bedding or leaks on you when lifted up?   Not anymore, no.
☀︎11-- Eating and drinking OK? Poops OK - normal color no dark or bright red blood? Eating fine, drinking a lot, poops looks fine