HollyandLolaMom
Posted : 7/13/2010 4:18:41 PM
I am so so sorry about Brownie. I read your other post just today. Right about the same days, I was going thru the same thing with Zeus on June 9. I made several bad decisions which ultimately delayed me putting him down until June 14. I feel such quilt that he perhaps suffered 5 more days on top of the previous month duriing which time I did not know he was sick. I don;t know if Brownie had a hemangiosarcoma, which is a tumor on the liver or spleen or heart, but I researched it for many days after and there was no hope. Even if you found it early, the survival is only 19-60 days with surgery and 6 months with chemo. THis is a dreadful thing to have, and you have no time to really think about it before you must decide to end his misery. You did the right things, you tried the best you could, there was no amount of money that could have changed the outcome. Letting him go to the bridge was the kindest, final act you made as his mother. Please don;t feel quilty over making the wrong choices, you made a lot of good choices during this crisis. When you knew in your heart of hearts that it was time, you and your husband made the hardest decision of your lives. This is all our beloved dogs ask of us, to not let them suffer after they loved you so dearly. You can be assured that Brownie is now free to run in his healthy body like a pup, that he has lots of friends up there, and he is looking out for you and will meet you when its your time to go. This is what keeps me going, the thought of our reunion.
Run free Brownie - say hi to Holly and Zeus