Misha
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I have been noticing changes in Sasha. This is our healthy Sasha, the rescue we got when she was about 1 year old, who is just about 8 years old now.
Other than her vaccinations, checkups and preventive meds and the ear that had to be stitched when she was bitten, she hasn't had any health problems. No UTIs, ear infections, eye trouble, nothing.
DH mentioned she looked fat, especially around her neck. And I'd been noticing she wasn't eating well. I thought the new foster dog was making her nervous or something. He wanted to play too much, which was confusing because she always wanted to play before. Since he mentioned her neck, I just had to probe around in her thick fur, where I found 2 egg-sized lumps under her jaw. I think that was Friday, and I decided to take her and Cedric to Petsmart this evening. I noticed Banfield vet was open. They agreed to see Sasha (they sewed up her ear that one time). The Banfield vet was most unhappy to have to tell me Sasha has lymphoma. He did an aspiration and we will find out how bad.
Can't I have any dogs for a full life span? Is it wrong to love dogs? |
