We had to have our dog put down today. He has been sick for a while, all indications are cancer though the vets were unable to locate it on an X-ray. He had a melanoma a couple of years ago that was surgically removed, it may have metastisized.<\/p>\n
All his blood cell counts were low, anemic, low white cell, low platelets, and he was basically bleeding to death internally and not responding to medications.<\/p>\n
He had lost his sense of smell and in the last two days went deaf and lost his sense of balance. This morning he had a blood bowel movement. It was clear that he wasn’t going to be able to go on much longer and there was no realistic chance of recovery.<\/p>\n
There was nothing the vet could do for him and suggested the most humane thing to do at this point was to end his suffering, which is what we did.<\/p>\n
You know he was stubborn and unenergetic, but damn I’m gonna miss him.<\/p>\n
We had to have our dog put down today. He has been sick for a while, all indications are cancer though the vets were unable to locate it on an X-ray. He had a melanoma a couple of years ago … Continue reading