My Puppy is Sick - What to Do?

A hard call DQ.

Thank you, guys, for the support.
I got her through her last surgeries, but she is a very active dog and hard to keep down, so she used to tear her stitches even with the "lampshade" oh her head, so I had to be with her all the time. I don't now, I would like to give her a chance....I'm not sure if I'm selfish for that. My previous dog, a beautiful Samoyed, went down with diabetes, and I decided on putting her down rather that having injections twice a day and intravenous feeding - but this was the hardest decision of my life, no kidding. So I'm thinking....and musing.

It is benign, after the last surgery we send it to a lab to be examined, it just keeps growing. The first 2 times it grew on her shoulder, pointing toward outside; this time it stared growing more under her armpit, and I didn't see that, I was keeping track on her shoulder where it was last time, so I though she was doing better, because on the outside it wasn't much. She doesn't seem to be in pain, but she is moving her leg awkwardly, and even if we don't go a surgery she may not be able to move it all all soon, because the tumor is kinda hugging the upper part of her leg. So so loses anyway. I was thinking to let her go and keep the leg, because there is no guarantee that it will not grow again, that's why I was stalling /I mentioned possible surgery like 6 months ago on your thread about your babies/ but now the way it is growing she may not be able to use the leg anyway.

It just breaks my heart, she is such a lively energetic pup. My other dog is more placid, spends more time inside, during the winter especially - but ChooChoo runs outside all day long, gets in only in late evening, what is she going to do if she can't do that because she cannot move her leg?


Edited by Don Quixote - 26-Feb-2012 at 19:30

It causes her discomfort, because she is walking awkwardly and throwing the whole right side around to get over the bog bump under her armpit; but I don't think she is in pain because she doesn't whine, only sometimes when she tries to get up - and she has to turn to her left side to get up. I got worried now when I discovered couple of days ago that she has this big thick bump under her armpit, otherwise I was stalling.


Edited by Don Quixote - 26-Feb-2012 at 21:29

You made the right choice Let Choochoo know she's in our thoughts and we all wish her a speedy recovery

Thanks, guys.
Now it's very cold here and the snow is deep, so I'll probably wait till April, so she has a warmer weather while recovering. I'll keep you posted when the time comes.
Here she is, I'm showing her your messages here, so she reads your best wishes for herself






Edited by Don Quixote - 28-Feb-2012 at 23:14

Hope all is well.

My Choo-Choo got her tubes removed today, and she is doing far better, but she scratches her skin that has been shaved /which is about 1/4 of her/, making it raw, even bleeding. Any ideas how I can prevent that? I tried to tie socks of her back feet, but she is ripping them off, tried wrapping yarn on her feet so they are soft, but she is pulling it off...so nothing works.

Thanks for the ideas, Centrix.
When she is with me I don't let her do it, but I cannot spend all my time just staring at her.

My Dog of 10 years has a large tumor as well, so I'm in much the same situation. His mother had the same thing, and died on the operating table, so I don't think we'll be opting for that option. It's just a case of how long the poor fella lasts.