Lucky has Lymphoma

I can barely stop crying. Without treatment she has 2 – 3 months to live. With treatment, maybe 6 months to 2/3 years. Without additional testing, they don’t know the grade or how wide spread. She needs an X-ray to see if the internal Lymph nodes are affect and testing of her liver and spleen. Then, a referral to a specialist. I can’t remember what kind.

Dr. C says that we don’t really know if we caught it early because I just had her in a few weeks ago and her lymph nodes weren’t swollen then because they can go up and down within days.

Treatment is estimated at $2K up for a 3 month period. There are no guarantees that this will put her in remission. The chemo could be oral drugs or injections. Some dogs tolerate this well and some don’t.

I am still in shock and have taken today as a vacation day.

Whenever I think of my family, Lucky is always a part of that. Me walking the baby and the dog that is what I picture. The baby growing up as Lucky grows old, that is what I picture. I can’t even imagine life without her. She is the best dog in the whole wide world. She is so happy and playful and good with people, especially children. We just met up with her friend Joey on the trail today and they had a grand old time playing. How can she be so sick?

Shadow is 14 and slowing down. I have mentally prepared myself as much as possible for her not living much longer. I never imagined my time with Lucky would be cut short.

I am not sure if it fair to her or not, but I think I need to at least try one round of treatment and if that doesn’t work, deal with the consequences. I love her so much, I can’t just let her go yet with out a little fight. I just can’t.

I just love her so much.