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Doris has Cancer
Well...It took over two months...six thousand dollars...and countless jaunts all over the state, but Doris has Cancer...
As you may recall...It started with Doris getting a weird hacking cough...Shortly there after, she went blind...(optic nueritis they said)...Then came the CT scans and endoscopes to find the tumor in her sinuses (the one that didn't exisist)...All the while, I kept saying that the cough was getting worse and that I believed they were connected...
NO ONE LISTENED!!!...There was the odd choking incident were she collapsed at a cook out because she got food lodged in her throat...I had to reach down her throat and pull the food out...I told the vet, but no one checked her throat...They just explained it all away...Finally...as they were preparing to do another scope, they were having trouble intervating (sp?) her and that's when they stumbled upon a huge spindle cell tumor in her throat...It has wrapped around various veins and arteries and (even if we could afford the surgery and radiation treatments) there is nope hope of survival, just an extension of her days...
Her health is deteriorating quickly now...She no longer has interest in her 3 favorite things (the barometer my vet measures quality of life by)...and tomorrow morning, I plan on taking her in to have her put to sleep...
I've had animals my entire life and I put my first dog down when I was 5 years old...I know how this works and I understand why it's neccessary...But of
ALL the animals I've met in my 40 years on this planet...
DORIS IS EXCEPTIONAL...She has a spirit that I've never seen in an animal before...Everyone she's ever encountered feels it...She touches everyone she meets...People all over this country have met and adore this dog...I can't imagine snuffing out a spirit like her...I wish she would just pass in the night, but I know, I'm going to have to do the unbearable...We lived in the French Quarter a few years back (she was very popular on Bourbon Street) and I feel bad whining about this while people we know and love are suffering so badly...But my heart is breaking and I'm not sure how I can do this...