Buying time......
Lucky, my beautiful Pomeranian, is very very sick again. He is out of remission with his lymphoma and it is attacking with vengeance. He has been experiencing labored breathing. Over the weekend it was worse, and he was not eating like he usually does. He acts like it is hard to swallow or drink his water as he will cough when he does like he is choking. He is very lethargic and walking with his tail down....all signs that he is not feeling well.
I took him back to the vet again but with a heavy heart because I know that things are getting worse and there isn't a whole lot more they can do. He is still taking his 3 meds, and I knew that it was only a matter of time that even they would stop working as his condition worsens.
They took his temperature and he had a fever of 104. His body is fighting. The vet could feel that all his lymph nodes that she could feel are swollen now. She recommended an X-Ray to see what was going on inside and what might be causing the labored breathing. He is basically full of cancer now. He has tumors and swollen lymph glands everywhere. He has a very big one in his chest area next to his heart...actually larger than his heart...and that is why he is having trouble breathing. His liver is enlarged. He has tumors by his kidneys and in his stomach.
She gave him a massive intravaneous dose of steroid, and a big dose of a different kind of antibiotic. She also gave me another bottle of this different antibiotic pill to start giving him tomorrow along with his other 3 meds.
I guess we're just buying him and ourselves some time. I'm just hoping to help shrink the glands enough to help him be more comfortable and get the fever down. I'm hoping he will feel better for awhile longer. Maybe get us and him through Thanksgiving. I guess hoping for Xmas would be a bit much, but I'm hoping. Maybe this new pill will be another "magic pill" that will buy him a couple more months and he can get through to the new year.
Maybe
I took him back to the vet again but with a heavy heart because I know that things are getting worse and there isn't a whole lot more they can do. He is still taking his 3 meds, and I knew that it was only a matter of time that even they would stop working as his condition worsens.
They took his temperature and he had a fever of 104. His body is fighting. The vet could feel that all his lymph nodes that she could feel are swollen now. She recommended an X-Ray to see what was going on inside and what might be causing the labored breathing. He is basically full of cancer now. He has tumors and swollen lymph glands everywhere. He has a very big one in his chest area next to his heart...actually larger than his heart...and that is why he is having trouble breathing. His liver is enlarged. He has tumors by his kidneys and in his stomach.
She gave him a massive intravaneous dose of steroid, and a big dose of a different kind of antibiotic. She also gave me another bottle of this different antibiotic pill to start giving him tomorrow along with his other 3 meds.
I guess we're just buying him and ourselves some time. I'm just hoping to help shrink the glands enough to help him be more comfortable and get the fever down. I'm hoping he will feel better for awhile longer. Maybe get us and him through Thanksgiving. I guess hoping for Xmas would be a bit much, but I'm hoping. Maybe this new pill will be another "magic pill" that will buy him a couple more months and he can get through to the new year.
Maybe
posted by Diane @ 5:35 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:10 PM,
Diane said…
It's the price one pays for the love of a dog. Unfortunately they do not have long lifespans. I was really hoping for at least 14 years with Lucky, but cancer is going to cheat him.
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