This is my first pet I'm responsible for. As a kid, my mother would make these decisions.
My dog was diagnosed with HSA just before NYE and hasn't been able to walk since. He can barely pivot in the bed and has been going to the bathroom where he lies and will barely crawl to get away from it.
I work from home and spend just about 24/7 next to him to help and was hoping we found this early and he had months, but the oncologist appointment is Tuesday and I'm not sure he can make it.
He's 100lbs so moving him is difficult but I'd happily do it for the rest of his life. I personally value life no matter how difficult the suffering gets but as his caretaker, I can't help but feel selfish that letting him succumb to HSA and bleeding out is a dreadful experience.
His poop is almost black and he just had his spleen removed but my mother, a nurse, says black poop means old blood. Meaning there's another growth and he's likely bleeding somewhere else.
I don't want him to suffer but I can't afford any more surgeries or $500 visits. Between his last $5k in work and my mother's dog last summer I have no savings to help him. His gums have gotten pale but he's still acting like he has been the past few weeks. My mom says bleeding out, internally, can take days and is really painful. But I'm torn because I have hope the oncologist will buy him more time. But if he keeps turning pale, he might spend the next few days before seeing the doctor in pain and not even make it.
How do you decide "enough" and put a loved one down?
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