My Lucy
Boxer Pal
Lucy, my wonderful 8 year old girl is not gone yet, but here is our story. To make a long one short she had been sick/throwing up and not acting her bubbly self for about 2 or 3 weeks and her vet didn't suspect anything because her signs were so vague and other than that she was perfectly well. Well after her quick and steady decline downwards, losing about 10 pounds in less than 2 weeks, he knew we really needed to dig deeper. Through x-ray he found a lump in her stomach and her intestines in her chest cavity, sent us off to get an ultrasound from one of the best technicians in the state and once they reviewed the results we got the news. A large mass in her stomach, the lining being 3-4 times thicker than it should have been and two wonderful veterinarians 99% sure it was cancer. Our wonderful vet was honest and straight up about her prognosis being grim as she could no longer keep down any food and the mass was growing quickly still. He sent us straight to Colorado State University, who have the top animal caner unit in the entire world and they reaffirmed absolute faith in what the previous two vets had said. Lucy's doctor said that chemo or surgery would be expensive, painful and would help only a very small amount, if all. Best case if we did all the treatments and they worked perfectly and we spent around $7,000 dollars for it, we could only expect 30 days to 6 months depending on the cancer. She said this was not likely. The exploratory procedure they would do to find which kind of cancer she has would most likely not succeed because of how low the tumor is in her stomach. We decided against cutting her open and putting her through all of that trauma and we brought her home with some anti-vomit medicine and anti-inflammatory pills and we are currently hoping for the best.
Basically all Doctors involved believe it is just a matter of days until we are faced with the decision of euthanization.
This girl is my everything. I am home with her all day everyday and have been so for over a year now. My father died a year ago and right about this time is when Lucy came into my life via my boyfriend who adopted her as a puppy. In many ways she helped fill a gaping hole that was left by my fathers death, but it was so much more than that. Not only did she help to fill that hole, she made it overflow with joy and love and life. She has left a hefty trail of fans everywhere she has ever gone and she is truly the most wonderful animal I have ever known, met or loved. And growing up on a working horse ranch, I loved many! My boyfriend and my family joke that all my maternal instincts will be used up on her before I even have kids.
Most importantly her life has been so full of love, both given and received, that to let her go is just slightly eased by the knowledge that she never once wanted for love and kindness. I guess this post is a sort of memorial of some kind. Boxer World has always offered such great support, and I thought if anyone would understand what we are going through it is the people here.
I am at a loss for what to do, or say, and all I know how to do right now is hold her and clean her and show her with my actions that every little thing is going to be alright. In the end, I know that it will be too. She is such a beautiful, sweet, pure thing on this Earth that there is no doubt in my mind that there will be no fear, or pain in the end for her. My only wish is that I could somehow give back to her everything she has given me.
Basically all Doctors involved believe it is just a matter of days until we are faced with the decision of euthanization.
This girl is my everything. I am home with her all day everyday and have been so for over a year now. My father died a year ago and right about this time is when Lucy came into my life via my boyfriend who adopted her as a puppy. In many ways she helped fill a gaping hole that was left by my fathers death, but it was so much more than that. Not only did she help to fill that hole, she made it overflow with joy and love and life. She has left a hefty trail of fans everywhere she has ever gone and she is truly the most wonderful animal I have ever known, met or loved. And growing up on a working horse ranch, I loved many! My boyfriend and my family joke that all my maternal instincts will be used up on her before I even have kids.
Most importantly her life has been so full of love, both given and received, that to let her go is just slightly eased by the knowledge that she never once wanted for love and kindness. I guess this post is a sort of memorial of some kind. Boxer World has always offered such great support, and I thought if anyone would understand what we are going through it is the people here.
I am at a loss for what to do, or say, and all I know how to do right now is hold her and clean her and show her with my actions that every little thing is going to be alright. In the end, I know that it will be too. She is such a beautiful, sweet, pure thing on this Earth that there is no doubt in my mind that there will be no fear, or pain in the end for her. My only wish is that I could somehow give back to her everything she has given me.
