I am sorry that I have not been on top of things the last few days. First of all I have been in a lot of pain and have been spending the majority of time in bed. The meds are making me very sleepy.
I also got bad news about my puppy. About a month ago we had an appt to have him neutered. Apparently as a standard procedure they took his blood. His liver enzymes were extremely high. They waited an hour and took it again. While it was not as high as the first time it was extremely elevated again. The vet sent him home and told us to get him a certain medication, keep him on it for a month and then retest him. Joe was there yesterday for the blood test and the vet called us in the afternoon with the news. He definitely has a liver problem but they don't know what it is. It would cost between $3-5000 just for an ultrasound and possible biopsy. That doesn't include any treatment or surgery that they might be able to do and there was no guarantee that he could even be fixed. Overall it would probably cost $10,000 just to see if there was anything they can do. I can't afford that and it is really hurting me to think that he is going to die.. The vet said that since he is not showing symptoms the meds and a special food might work somewhat, but ultimately we are looking at liver failure. He is so full of life I can't bring myself to put him down now, but I know what to look for and then I will face what I need to face because i don't want him to suffer.
I just wanted to let you know that I am not ignoring you guys but the last few days have been very hard. Thanks for listening.
I copied and pasted this from my messages because I didn't want to write all of this again. I am really sick about this and I feel like I want to just jump into a hole and not have to face reality.
I also got bad news about my puppy. About a month ago we had an appt to have him neutered. Apparently as a standard procedure they took his blood. His liver enzymes were extremely high. They waited an hour and took it again. While it was not as high as the first time it was extremely elevated again. The vet sent him home and told us to get him a certain medication, keep him on it for a month and then retest him. Joe was there yesterday for the blood test and the vet called us in the afternoon with the news. He definitely has a liver problem but they don't know what it is. It would cost between $3-5000 just for an ultrasound and possible biopsy. That doesn't include any treatment or surgery that they might be able to do and there was no guarantee that he could even be fixed. Overall it would probably cost $10,000 just to see if there was anything they can do. I can't afford that and it is really hurting me to think that he is going to die.. The vet said that since he is not showing symptoms the meds and a special food might work somewhat, but ultimately we are looking at liver failure. He is so full of life I can't bring myself to put him down now, but I know what to look for and then I will face what I need to face because i don't want him to suffer.
I just wanted to let you know that I am not ignoring you guys but the last few days have been very hard. Thanks for listening.
I copied and pasted this from my messages because I didn't want to write all of this again. I am really sick about this and I feel like I want to just jump into a hole and not have to face reality.
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Oh, I am so sorry for the puppy. I know what you are going through and you are right. Enjoy him and take care of him and let him have a good life as long as you are able to. that is the important thing. I have been there. I love animals and have had many. Taken in strays and went into some debt to fix them but nothing like what you are talking ...just a few hundred when we had none. I always look at it like thig, I gave them a good life and I let them enjoy it while they were here and it would have been so much worse if they were out there starving. so, I think of what I have done and not what I am not able to do...it\'s the only way to get through it and it is realistic. We can\'t spend that kind of money. Enjoy and do the right thing when you know it\'s time. That is the right thing to do. Love you though.
My pain meds aren\'t as good as what I was on but the other made my breathing depressed and I wasn\'t able to move...so I had to change. It did help the pain but, I have to breathe too lol. It\'s always something. If I could just sleep good every now and then it would help. Thanks for caring and asking. Good night to you. Love is coming your way. God Bless!