My 13 year old American Eskimo dog who has cancer took a turn for the worse this past weekend. On Friday I stopped her oral antibiotics because she bit me and drew blood. She stopped eating very much and seemed to be crying in her sleep. On Monday I took her to my vet. He gave me injections to give her in place of the oral meds.
Right now she is crying like she is either angry I shut her in my room with me, or in pain. My vet said I could give her two injections a day if she needed it. I just gave her an injection this morning, right now she is laying with me. I'm going to take her on a last car ride with me today. She does not seem as happy as she was for these past three months anymore.
I'm going to give it one more day to see if the pain meds help. If not, I will be making the hardest choice I have made in several years tomorrow.
At this point it becomes a quality of life issue. I have known for months that she could leave me any time, but it never seemed like a reality. I don't want to put my girl down. At this point it seems selfish to do anything else if she is suffering.
I don't think I can handle losing her. It was hard losing my chin, it will destroy me to lose my dog.
Nobody could have asked for a sweeter dog.
Right now she is crying like she is either angry I shut her in my room with me, or in pain. My vet said I could give her two injections a day if she needed it. I just gave her an injection this morning, right now she is laying with me. I'm going to take her on a last car ride with me today. She does not seem as happy as she was for these past three months anymore.
I'm going to give it one more day to see if the pain meds help. If not, I will be making the hardest choice I have made in several years tomorrow.
At this point it becomes a quality of life issue. I have known for months that she could leave me any time, but it never seemed like a reality. I don't want to put my girl down. At this point it seems selfish to do anything else if she is suffering.
I don't think I can handle losing her. It was hard losing my chin, it will destroy me to lose my dog.
Nobody could have asked for a sweeter dog.