My mother and I had to make the difficult decision to put our beloved seven year old boxer to sleep today. Upon visiting the vet, we found out he had a tumor in his chest in an area that could not be operated on. He recently started coughing up blood and occasionally vomiting up small amounts of foam and blood. He also has a deformity in his spine where it is painful for him to standup when sitting, though he does not typically struggle with this. We haven’t scheduled a date yet to have this done just yet, but his cough seems to be getting worse so we I’ll be doing that in the next day or so.
The vet said they can’t guarantee that the spot on the X-ray is a tumor without an MRI, but since he’s coughing up blood it is highly likely that this is the case. I guess my question is, has anyone here ever experienced a situation like this where a dog had what looked like a tumor by their chest and ended up coughing up something else? I know the likelihood of this is extremely low, but I’m just curious if anyone else has ever had that miracle happen?
This will be my first time personally being with an animal that is being put to sleep. Our dog is still eating and has some energy (though he’s slowed down considerably in the last year, so maybe that was a tumor starting to grow), so I worry that he won’t be ready to go and will fight during the process. I know no dog is “ready” to leave ever, but he isn’t in bad shape right now, but as the vet has told us a tumor like this won’t get any better and can quickly worsen, putting him to sleep right now would save pain later. Does anyone have advice for someone who will be experiencing this for the first time? (Sorry I’m advance for any misspellings or grammar mistakes). I know it will be hard but this is the first pet I’ve been old enough to have a strong connection with and I need to be there with him and my mother.
The vet said they can’t guarantee that the spot on the X-ray is a tumor without an MRI, but since he’s coughing up blood it is highly likely that this is the case. I guess my question is, has anyone here ever experienced a situation like this where a dog had what looked like a tumor by their chest and ended up coughing up something else? I know the likelihood of this is extremely low, but I’m just curious if anyone else has ever had that miracle happen?
This will be my first time personally being with an animal that is being put to sleep. Our dog is still eating and has some energy (though he’s slowed down considerably in the last year, so maybe that was a tumor starting to grow), so I worry that he won’t be ready to go and will fight during the process. I know no dog is “ready” to leave ever, but he isn’t in bad shape right now, but as the vet has told us a tumor like this won’t get any better and can quickly worsen, putting him to sleep right now would save pain later. Does anyone have advice for someone who will be experiencing this for the first time? (Sorry I’m advance for any misspellings or grammar mistakes). I know it will be hard but this is the first pet I’ve been old enough to have a strong connection with and I need to be there with him and my mother.