Post by my3spots on Apr 19, 2005 21:14:02 GMT -5
I am not sure that you had read about my dal, Chance at BCC.......he was +- osteosarcoma.....and xrays were sent to a specialist....
Well, the specialist called today and confirmed osteo or chondrosarcoma....not sure which, but, really what makes the difference.
He suggested chemo...which I can't and will not do. First, I can't afford it, second, he would need 4 months of treatment to double the 4 months this doctor is predicting. I can't do that to him....just can't.
He will be 12 in July........would you amputate?
In all honesty, do you see the reason? I am so incredibly fearful that I will amputate, which I personally have no problem doing, some feel funny about it, I do not......but do you think it is sort of closing the barn door after the horse is gone?
I am so affraid that if I amputate, it takes him 6-8 weeks to heal, what if he only has that 4 months? And I have wasted 2?
I don't want to put him through something that is just going to cause him more pain.......
He is ok now. Slowing down a little, but he is 12. (and understand, when I say slowing down, I mean that he is not on top of my head standing, jumping......he is stilll a nut....he is a dalmatian......it is his God given right to be an idiot!!!)
If he were your dog, barring the chemo thing, what would you do?
Well, the specialist called today and confirmed osteo or chondrosarcoma....not sure which, but, really what makes the difference.
He suggested chemo...which I can't and will not do. First, I can't afford it, second, he would need 4 months of treatment to double the 4 months this doctor is predicting. I can't do that to him....just can't.
He will be 12 in July........would you amputate?
In all honesty, do you see the reason? I am so incredibly fearful that I will amputate, which I personally have no problem doing, some feel funny about it, I do not......but do you think it is sort of closing the barn door after the horse is gone?
I am so affraid that if I amputate, it takes him 6-8 weeks to heal, what if he only has that 4 months? And I have wasted 2?
I don't want to put him through something that is just going to cause him more pain.......
He is ok now. Slowing down a little, but he is 12. (and understand, when I say slowing down, I mean that he is not on top of my head standing, jumping......he is stilll a nut....he is a dalmatian......it is his God given right to be an idiot!!!)
If he were your dog, barring the chemo thing, what would you do?