Cooper is my first Boxer and since I do not have skin kids, he has truly been my kid. He is 7.5 yrs old and has been the BEST boy in the world for me.
It started back in Sept when he began to act funny and tripping on his front right foot and acted a lil stove up in the hips. I took him to the vet and he said "ACL go to an orthopedic surgeon" which we did and he also took x-rays of his spine and found severe spondolosis and he recommended a neuro surgeon before worrying about his leg. We went to the Neuro who said it was probably a herniated disc so we did a mylegram and spinal tap that came out clean but did show severe spondolosis which he said does not cause that much damage. Cooper seemed a lot better when on a very low dose of prednisone so it was ok for awhile... then before x-mas he seemed to go down hill and back to the neuro we went where he said a cat scan was in order....in the mean time I also took him to another neuro for a second opinion before dropping another $900 on a ct scan and the second opinion was not good either, through his exam he confirms that he does have a brain tumor on the left side of his brain in the frontal lobe and it is the kind that there is nothing I can do but keep him on prednisone for the swelling.
The past month for me has been a living hell....I have never had to go through this and I feel so helpless.... He is doing well he still likes his food, he walks with a slight gimp, but has lost his spunk. He still knows who I am and I still gets nub wiggles from him (not like I use to but it is a sign to me that he still knows who I am) there is also nub wiggles for food.
I cant imagine life with out him and I have done nothing but cry my eyes out.
I think his time is drawing near but I am not sure.....the vets have told me that he will tell me when but I just dont know, I am SO NOT ready to say good-bye and it has just been really hard for me.
He has been the love of my life and my rock.
It has been so painful that I can just now talk about it, how can this get any better???
It started back in Sept when he began to act funny and tripping on his front right foot and acted a lil stove up in the hips. I took him to the vet and he said "ACL go to an orthopedic surgeon" which we did and he also took x-rays of his spine and found severe spondolosis and he recommended a neuro surgeon before worrying about his leg. We went to the Neuro who said it was probably a herniated disc so we did a mylegram and spinal tap that came out clean but did show severe spondolosis which he said does not cause that much damage. Cooper seemed a lot better when on a very low dose of prednisone so it was ok for awhile... then before x-mas he seemed to go down hill and back to the neuro we went where he said a cat scan was in order....in the mean time I also took him to another neuro for a second opinion before dropping another $900 on a ct scan and the second opinion was not good either, through his exam he confirms that he does have a brain tumor on the left side of his brain in the frontal lobe and it is the kind that there is nothing I can do but keep him on prednisone for the swelling.
The past month for me has been a living hell....I have never had to go through this and I feel so helpless.... He is doing well he still likes his food, he walks with a slight gimp, but has lost his spunk. He still knows who I am and I still gets nub wiggles from him (not like I use to but it is a sign to me that he still knows who I am) there is also nub wiggles for food.
I cant imagine life with out him and I have done nothing but cry my eyes out.
I think his time is drawing near but I am not sure.....the vets have told me that he will tell me when but I just dont know, I am SO NOT ready to say good-bye and it has just been really hard for me.
He has been the love of my life and my rock.
It has been so painful that I can just now talk about it, how can this get any better???
