>After weeks of putting off bringing my dog to the vet, we had the vet >stop by today. My dogs got a "lump" on his shoulder, about the size >of a grapefruit. He's been acting like normal, and he hates car rides >and vets (too the point of panicking) hence the reason we haven't >forced the issue of going to the vet. The vet confirmed that its a >tumor and at 14 years old, he said that even if it were a floating >tumor vs attached as it is, Max probably wouldn't survive the >operation. > >Being that Max is 14, this isn't unexpected. I'm ok with it. He's >the dog that my wife and I got whenever we first moved in together. >He's the dog we got because he was supposed to be 25 lbs full grown >that ended up being 85lbs of pure puppy. He's the dog that's made me >feel safe in my home for that past 14 years. > >The vet told us that right now, Max isn't in any pain that he can >tell. He told us that at some point the tumor will probably rupture >*if* he doesn't die of "old age" before. He said at that point Max >will be in a lot of pain. He said that could happen today or six >months from now. I'm really torn as to what to do right now. The vet >said that he'd could be there in minutes with a sedative and transport >him to his office, but I really hate to think about this happening one >day when all of us are away from the house. I guess my wife and I are >in for some serious discussion this weekend. > >zB
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