Just when I finally got over our dog Kizzie's illness and breathed a sigh of relief, our other Golden named Cisco became very ill. Initial thoughts were "kennel cough"... little did we know we'd be heading down a very costly, complicated, and scary road involving major surgery in the chest cavity and cancer! We were led down a path of false hopes....tests were inconclusive and there was always that off chance the problem could be taken care of with routine procedures. Unfortunately, we ended up dealing with surgery, 4 weeks of recovery, and now 18 weeks of chemotherapy. He is doing very well, considering, but the prognosis is questionable at best. We won't know for sure until later this year.
Many people wouldn't have gone through what we did....the decision we made is debatable. Would I do it again? Probably....but I'm not sure. Regardless, the decision would be based on "What's best for the pet?"... not "What will make ME feel good?". Too many animals are either destroyed or suffer because of selfish decisions made by their owner. Many of my friends and acquaintances have raised their eyebrows at the money, time and heartache we've gone through over the past month. Don't get me wrong.....I believe there IS a price you can put on your pet. I just hope I never have to find out what it is!
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