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woodsprite

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1. Do they have a way to view the test results from your vet?
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 05:15 PM
Aug 2012

I know that my vet can send the images electronically to most other places around here (DE).

What type of cancer does Izzie have? I'm sending love, healing thoughts, and prayers your way that you have as much time with Izzie as you possibly can.

My Silver (GSD) had lung cancer with almost no symptoms except a very slight wheeze at the end of an out breath. After testing for a bazillion things, they finally did an ultrasound at my request and found a 9x13cm tumor in her lung. Our vet cried when he called to give me the news. They gave her 2 yrs if we sought no treatments other than palliative care. I asked how long they predicted if we took her to Phila. and had her lobe removed, with chemo/rads followup. They said approx. 2 yrs w/ 6-9 months of that just healing from the surgery. We opted to just keep her comfortable and spoil her rotten. She was happy, active and with one of us every moment right up to the moment she suffered a stroke (hubby had her on her walk). Even getting ready to go to the vet for the last time, she used her chin to compensate for her paralyzed leg as she climbed upstairs to the kids rooms.

Silver almost made it to that 2 yr mark (1 yr 11 mo +). I have had and loved many dogs, but I had never felt the love of a dog for a human the way I did with her.

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