Stalker62
Well-Known Member
One of my pack is an elderly old lady now. She is fourteen, which makes her about 84 in 'real' terms.
She has had a sebaceous cyst on her neck for the best part of a year now. Regular trips to the Vets., repeat prescriptions for antibiotics - which tend to reduce the swelling but only on a temporary basis. Those discussions about what is possible. What could be done verses what should be done.
The old girl has worn a 'cape' for about a year, to stop her scratching the damn thing. Mrs. S62 regularly, cleans and dresses the cyst and we both try and keep the pup off her - although the old girl loves to play with the pup. The cyst is now big, ugly and is beginning to break down the skin.
Could the old girl even survive a GA?
Well, we will find out next week. She is booked in for a 'no frills' operation (so no blood test or biopsies).
£1,300
Other than the pup, none of the dogs are now insured - the premiums became unfeasible, and we took the decision some years ago, to stop the policies and take the hits, as and when then come. I still do not regret that decision.
I do not know how much longer this particular dog has got left (to be fair, I don't know how much longer I have got left..) but we will continue to give her the best quality of life for as long as she enjoys it - and enjoy it she does.
This is her yesterday, supervising me fitting a new radio in the truck...
She no longer goes on the 'long walks' with the rest of the pack, and so she missed this moon this morning.
The joy is, that she does not know she missed it, she does not care, and was very happy snoring away in her very comfortable indoor bed.
I sometimes wonder who has got it right...
She has had a sebaceous cyst on her neck for the best part of a year now. Regular trips to the Vets., repeat prescriptions for antibiotics - which tend to reduce the swelling but only on a temporary basis. Those discussions about what is possible. What could be done verses what should be done.
The old girl has worn a 'cape' for about a year, to stop her scratching the damn thing. Mrs. S62 regularly, cleans and dresses the cyst and we both try and keep the pup off her - although the old girl loves to play with the pup. The cyst is now big, ugly and is beginning to break down the skin.
Could the old girl even survive a GA?
Well, we will find out next week. She is booked in for a 'no frills' operation (so no blood test or biopsies).
£1,300
Other than the pup, none of the dogs are now insured - the premiums became unfeasible, and we took the decision some years ago, to stop the policies and take the hits, as and when then come. I still do not regret that decision.
I do not know how much longer this particular dog has got left (to be fair, I don't know how much longer I have got left..) but we will continue to give her the best quality of life for as long as she enjoys it - and enjoy it she does.
This is her yesterday, supervising me fitting a new radio in the truck...
She no longer goes on the 'long walks' with the rest of the pack, and so she missed this moon this morning.
The joy is, that she does not know she missed it, she does not care, and was very happy snoring away in her very comfortable indoor bed.
I sometimes wonder who has got it right...
