Oftentimes, when we have a sick dog, doing the things we must do for them does cause us a lot of emotional distress. They may be experiencing pain, discomfort, fear, confusion, etc., and we have no way of explaining things to them. All we can do is treat them with kindness and patience and make them as comfortable as possible, which you are certainly doing. I'm betting many if not most of us here on this board have been in that kind of a situation. Hang in there, Debbie.
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I got Sasha to eat about a 1/2 cup of food last night and a small handful this morning. Her breath is absolutely horrendous and her tongue is a dark red. I'm not sure if this is part of the meds she is taking but wow, it smells like something died in her mouth.
The worst part of this is more emotional for me than anything else. I hate that I have to force feed her the meds and that she can't stay in the house with us. This is a dog who was always super happy when I got home and now when I go out in the backyard to check on her, she slinks away and tries to hide from me. Please tell me I haven't totally destroyed my relationship with her.
4 hours and 53 minutes until the appointment with our new vet.
Sasha WILL "forgive & forget" -- Bless your heart, Debbie, as mine goes out to you ... Please accept a "cyber hug" from me.
The vet appointment went well. I think I'm really going to like this new vet. He is down to earth and knows giant breed dogs. He owns an Irish Wolfhound, a Great Dane and a Foxhound. He arranged an ultrasound for tomorrow evening with a specialist who can work the machine as well as read the results. What we do next will be determined by the results of the ultrasound.
New problem for Sasha is red, inflamed stinky back feet so we now have a Topagen spray to put on there every 8 hours until the redness goes away. When will my poor girl catch a break?
Thank you very much everyone for your support in this. It helps to know I have other people in my corner.
I missed the call from the vet with the results of the ultrasound and because he is going away to a conference for a week, he left me a message on my phone.
Not good - 6 to 7 large metastasized masses up against the femoral artery and blocking the return of the blood and lymphatic fluid.
Prednizone would give her some relief but ultimately I know it will only delay the inevitable.
He said to call the office in the morning and they will get in touch with him and he and I will touch base before he leaves for his conference.
Right now I'm thinking do the prednizone, give her a special last day without pain doing all the things she loves (if she's able) and then have her put down. I want to sleep on it and talk to my breeder before I make any hasty decisions. Quality of her life is most important to me and it sounds like even with pain control she won't have that. I've got some tough decisions to make.
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