i had been working alot on my car leading up to picking up jack so i think that was part of it. The morning I picked up jack he thought laying in the middle of the road was a good idea, i reached down to pick him up and the minute i lifted him it felt like someone hit me in the back with a baseball bat, this caused me to almost drop him so i bent down even more to grab him mid fall and that is what did it. After that i continued getting ready for work and then tried to get into my car which took me 1o minutes to get my left leg inside the car. I realized after that i was gonna have to get out of my car to open the garage door......well i knew i would not make it back to my car before the garage door closed so i said screw it was staying home that day. After it taking me almost 20 minutes to get out of my car and back up the stairs I could barely walk....at that point i knew i had to go to the hospital. I just want them to hurry and and figure out if i need surgury, part of me wants it cause it will make the pain go away quicker than 18 months, the other part of me is scared of never walking again if they mess up the surgery