[GG Allin]

I've got a 6 year old female Maltese that as of last Sunday afternoon appeared to be completely healthy. Sunday night she just seemed a little off. She was panting, quivering and was having trouble with her balance. My wife had her in to an ER vet on Monday and was told she probably ate something bad and should be okay. She was prescribed a pain killer. Tuesday she seemed worse and was brought back to the ER and we were then told that she most likely had a disc issue in her neck and needed surgery to the tune of $5k.
Wednesday I spoke with a coworker who rescues a lot of animals and was referred to a vet who in her words was in it for all the right reasons and that I needed to get the dog to see him. I brought her up there Thursday morning and he had a look at her.
He completely disagreed with the first diagnosis simply because he didn't see anything that suggested that the dog was in pain. He suspects vertigo. One reason is that every time she stumbled in front of him, she went to the same direction. Problem is, many things can cause that. She was prescribed two medications that would help with vertigo.
This dog did have an ear infection back in early February. I'm was starting to think the infection had gotten worse and that was her problem.
Now yesterday and today there have been times that she is at her absolute worst. At one point her tongue started to turn purple. The anti vertigo meds don't seem to be doing anything.
I'm trying to post this quickly because my wife, sister in law & mother in law are kind of flipping out right now and everyone has a different opinion. It's possible we're heading out for another ER visit.
Here is a short video I took Wednesday morning that shows her walking a little.