Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Out in the Cold - An Update


In a previous blog, I told you about two apricot cocker/lhasa/poodle ? mix females that had been chucked outside when the child got a new puppy. A neighbor and her son made sure they had food and water, and after a year of this life, they were rescued by the neighbor and brought to us. When I scissor clipped the mats off the girls, I found a huge mass on the buttock area of the female we named Buffy. It was non-tender, soft, dark, and we knew we had to get her to the vet ASAP.

Upon examintion, the mass was visibly the size of a softball, and like an iceberg, larger still internally. The veterinarian said that it enveloped intestine, bladder and reproductive organs. It had also metastasized to her lymph glands. She didn't appear to be in any pain at that moment, but would soon have horrendous pain as the tumor grew and cut off these vital areas. He asked if she had been spayed, and the neighbor who brought her to us told us that the girls were intact. The vet told us that massive major surgery would be required, but with the metastasis, there was little, if any, chance of saving her. Either way, it would be a painful death, and it would be soon.

Buffy was only 7 years old and a wonderful, happy girl. I held her, stroked her, massaged her, and told her to sleep peacefully as we euthanized her.

The veterinarian said that if she had been spayed, this probably would not have happened.

PLEASE SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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