A pup left paralysed after a spinal stroke has defied the odds and is now able to walk again without the help of a wheelchair.<br /><br />Megan Donoghue, 23, was at home with her partner Jacob Beesley, 24, when they noticed that their five-year-old shweenie Maggie was shuffling awkwardly around the house.<br /><br />The couple immediately took her to the vet who suggested Maggie may have suffered from a strain and sent her home.<br /><br />Hours after their visit to the vet, Maggie’s legs started buckling beneath her and her back legs became completely paralysed.<br /><br />Megan and Jacob, from St Helen’s, Merseyside, rushed her to Northwest Referrals where they discovered the devastating diagnosis - fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE).<br /><br />FCE is a sudden onset spine injury that happens when a piece of cartilage from the disc blocks blood flow to the spinal cord, causing a stroke and resulting in paralysis.<br /><br />Megan, who works as an online chat moderator, said: “After scans and tests, they discovered that what they thought was a disc injury was actually a spinal stroke, which there is no cure for.
