dog. you know i just went through this. anything i can help with or help you understand or how to distill your feelings, let me know.
tw On 3/16/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am so sorry. > > >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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230413 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
