You poor thing. My heart is with you. Wait for the vet. I think that your pet someone tells you when it is really time. She is eating some so for a lab, I think that spells hope. Keeping you and your girl n my heart.
So things seems to have taken a turn for the worse in the past few days. She is not wanting to eat much but she will eat a bit of steak or chicken with coaxing. She is still drinking water and still going on walks but seems super lathargic. I called her vet to see if there are any options (maybe prednisone?) and I am supposed to hear back tomorrow. I just don't know what to do. I don't want to give up. Maybe she will perk back up as she has done before. We are on month 9 of this roller coaster and I am breaking down more and more. Thanks for listening.
You poor thing. My heart is with you. Wait for the vet. I think that your pet someone tells you when it is really time. She is eating some so for a lab, I think that spells hope. Keeping you and your girl n my heart.
Forever in my heart - Sweet gentle Moby - lover of belly rubs, bacon, and Barbara 9-10-2001 to 11-2-2015
Fingers crossed for you both
My heart breaks for you and Ellie...
I would also wait to hear back from your Vet. I think it is a good thing that she is eating some and drinking water.
I know how difficult this is for you....been there myself with other dogs in my life.
It is never easy...just remember that dogs live in the moment...she knows she is loved and you have given her a wonderful life.
Please keep us posted...prayers for you and Ellie.
Good thoughts for you and Ellie.
I hope there is an option. Such a hard time watching them grow old. Keeping you in my thoughts
I would talk to the vet to see if there are any other options.
With the two that we've lost, we knew it was time when they refused food completely, even with coaxing and yummy treats.
Annette
Cookie (HIT HC Jamrah's Legally Blonde, UDX, OM2, BN) 6/4/2015
Sassy (HIT Jamrah's Blonde Ambition, UDX, OM2, BN) 6/4/2015
Chloe (HIT HC OTCH Windsong's Femme Fatale, UDX4, OM6, RE) 6/7/2009
And remembering:
Scully (HC Coventry's Truth Is Out There, UD, TD, RN) 4/14/1996 - 6/30/2011
Mulder (Coventry's I Want To Believe, UD, RN, WC) 5/26/1999 - 4/22/2015
And our foster Jolie (Windsong's Genuine Risk, CDX) 5/26/1999 - 3/16/2014
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Good thoughts for both of you.
I hope Ellie gets to feeling better soon. I know this is a tough time for you. Hang in there!
We just went through this again, only with a friend's retriever mix with hemangiosarcoma and other tumors all through him. After a while, they just do not have room for food as the pressure in the abdomen from the growing masses increases. It seems painful. You could try pred, for appetite more than chemo effects, but she may have other medical issues that contraindicate it. (I cannot remember her details.) A leg tumor would be painful. I would value pain relief most of all for a friend in hospice care and in pain.
Hugs to you. It is a hard situation.
Last edited by Charlotte K.; 02-18-2015 at 07:29 PM.
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