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5/9/2019 12:55pm
5/9/2019 12:55pm
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6/2/2019 2:35am
So my dog blitz has been feeling shitty on and off for a while now, recently we noticed a few wierd lumps, yesterday I came home and noticed his neck was swollen, took him to the vet ER at about 11 and they noticed he had massive bruising, the kept him over night and ran some tests/scans. He has a tumor on his spleen and blood cell count is very low 40,000 count. The vet seems to think the bruising is from the low platelet count and that he must have burst something in his neck and that’s the bruising. He’s 8 years old and the center of our lives, I don’t know wether to try to have the spleen removed or what.? it’s been a hell of a year, from finding out I was being poisoned by mold, to losing my job, and now this
One of our strays that has been hanging out for the past 14 or so years had to go in for a big abscess on her shoulder last week. This cat has never let anyone pet her as long as she has been here but obviously felt bad enough the other day to let me wrap her in a blanket and put her in a tote a pet and actually behaved pretty well for my wife and the vet.
The Shop
Our 2, both rescue, both great dogs.
We adopted him when he was three and he’s been our best bud ever since, even survived a nasty car wreck with us, we’re guna do whatever it takes to save him, I’ve got bikes and a few other toys I can sell, working again too so I’ll just have to sack up and start selling things
Remember that ol boy would give his life for any one in your family.....without hesitation.....
There is a credit card specifically for these kinds of things, called Care Credit. Here is a link.
https://www.carecredit.com/vetmed/
When one of our dogs came down with cancer, we went this route. They have deferred interest programs which definitely help out.
Good luck, I"m feeling for you and your pooch, bro!
My dog's issue started with a torn ACL and surgery to repair it. It's gut wrenching but that is the nature of our relationship with them and they would have it no other way. Dogs have no expectation of tomorrow and only live to serve.
Pit Row
Positive thoughts for Blitz.
So we take him home, all roads are traffic, takes forever, the lady that euthanized dogs at home is on her way over, we hit every red light, crosswalk, every obstacle, get home and all he wants to do is play play play, then the lady gets there, pulls up in a Prius, he doesn’t like her at all (he’s 130 pounds). It starts to rain as the lady comes inside and as we are filling out the paperwork a car drives by blareing the horn all the way up the road, so I told her hey, this isn’t right, I’ll pay you for your time but you have to go. I give her a hundred bucks and she goes. So now we’re sitting here watching 101 Dalmatians and I’m guna make him a chicken dinner, we’re going to take it day by day, spend time with him and when he starts to take a serious dive we will make the call, he’s just too lively right now, this would have been his last picture, not today tho, dads got your back
How is the cat now?
What is the prognosis for the spleen surgery? Recovery? Cost? That sounds like the root issue.
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