Despite a seeming rally earlier today, we truly feel that Baron is going to die on us. It's so sad, really. He's been such a good dog and we feel so helpless. He won't eat so we haven't been able to give him his pills. When we tried giving it to him the way most people do when you can't get your pet to eat them in food, he managed to spit them out no matter what we did. It's why the Beast is sure that Baron may WANT to die.
The vet had kind of warned us when we were there last that he really didn't know what was wrong with Baron. He was trying all the normal things to fight infection and we made sure to give him his injections every day. He said the next thing would probably be to send us to an internist specialist in Birmingham because it could actually be a cancer that didn't show up on an X-ray....yet. He said no one likes to think about that in any animal, especially a dog you love. He also said that Baron was old, by dog standards, expecially for an oversize Doberman. He's 9-1/2 years old and their lifespan is usually anywhere from 10 to 12 years old.
He's had other health problems the last few years, including some fatty tumors (one was huge) and came up quickly. He almost died under anesthesia so they all couldn't be removed. The vet had to get him out from under it quickly to save his life. He can't even take the chance of giving him a shot so that he could take biopsies of some of the other lumps he's developed this past year. All you can do is cross your fingers and hope.
When I say we feel hopeless, we really do. Keep Baron is your thoughts and prayers and hope that, if he IS going to pass, that it's peaceful and painless for him. I'm sitting here crying so I think I should close. Love you all. ***Hugs for you and yours***
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