there's no use in finger pointing because its not going make any difference.
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From: a cantrl. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:16 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Bad news today
Sorry ot hear that. You don't happen to use lawn chemicals do you?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=753&e=7&u=/nm/20040
420/sc_nm/environment_scotties_dc
>I don't have kids so my dog is my kid and I just got pretty bad news today.
>
>A few months back, Lady started coughing. I have taken her to the vet a
>number of times only to hear that nothing was wrong. Last week, I took her
>in again since her cough had changed. After Xrays and an ultra sound today,
>I finally have the diagnosis.
>
>Lady has a tumor growing on the outside of her heart. The tumor is quite
>large (almost 5 centimeters) and is causing her heart to leak a bit.
Surgery
>is not indicated since the chances of her surviving the surgery are very
>slim. We don't know whether or not the tumor is cancerous and frankly, it
>really doesn't matter because the results are going to be the same.
>
>The leaking around her heart is going to increase and cause Congestive
Heart
>Failure. The vet said that this could happen in a few days, a few weeks or
>a few months, that its hard to say. He gave me a listing of symptoms to
>watch for to know when its time to say goodbye. So there's not much I can
>do except love her and spoil her in the time we have left. Any other
>treatments we could do would cause her more stress than it would help her.
>
>The only thing I am going to do is weekly accupuncture treatments. Lady has
>had them before and loves them (she thinks its an hour of straight
petting).
>My vet says that it will help keep her comfortable and as long as she
enjoys
>them, they will be helpful.
>
>I'm sad about the fact that I'm going to lose her and I know the decisions
I
>am making are the ones that are best for her. I thought I would let
everyone
>know at the same time. Most of you have had time with her and know how
>special she is to me. She is almost 12 now and she has been with me for
>around 9 1/2 years. I know she and I have had a good run.
>
>Just thought I would share, I'm typing this with tears in my eyes and just
>looking for some support
>
>Sandy
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