Recently one of my dogs was ill. Her name is Monchou which is short for "my little cabbage" in French. She is a goofy, black great dane who will always put a smile on your face. About 3 weeks ago my brother walked into our living room and found a huge pool of blood. When I say huge I am meaning as big around as a basket ball. My mom and brother were obviously concerned about where the blood came from. She looked at it and it was very dark and had very large clots in it. It was not fresh blood. We found out it was coming from Monchou. She is a female dog and it was coming from her reproductive tract. But we all knew this is not a dog that is just coming into heat this was very wrong. My mother brought her into the vet told them about the blood and they treated her like she didn't know what she was talking about. They pretty much patted her on the shoulder and said, "Oh don't worry that is normal. She is just coming into season." My mother was so angry, I as well. We have owned dogs for years and have even had a litter. We know what is normal and what isn't. My mom wanted her spayed immediately because the problem was obviously involving her reproductive tract. The vet said, "Well lets run some tests first." Her red blood cell count was very high so she went on antibiotics and we were going to wait a bit for the spay until we felt she was ready. She continued to bleed pretty badly. She was tired but for the most part normal. Went back to the vet and they still didn't take my mom seriously! She told the vet she was very confident that is was a pyometra (a uterine infection. Though it is most commonly known as a disease of the unaltered female dog, it is also a notable human disease). The vet said, "I want to run more tests". Completely ignoring my mother again! They did an xray (which my mother didn't want done) and she said, "Oh my I can see her uterus!" Which you are unable to see in a normal xray. She finally said, "Well I think it maybe a pyometra." Do duh stupid! My mother scheduled a spay for monday and later when paying for the unneeded xrays and tests the vet said, "I am not comfortable spaying a great dane."
What do you mean you are not COMFORTABLE?! It is a spay! That is the EASIEST procedure to preform! And it is on a large dog so it would be even easier because it will basically be like working on a human! My mom and I were livid. We had someone else who was competent do the surgery. They found a mass the size of a lemon in her uterus. They sent it off to the lab and a week later found out she had a very aggressive form of cancer that has already spread to the lining of her stomach and her lymphatic system.... We all agreed if something like this happened (which we suspected) we would let her live out her days as comfortably as possible until she passed away or we deemed it necessary to put her down. The same stupid vet tech kept telling my mom here is a good vet to do chemo at. My mother kept telling her NO and this woman would look at her blankly and tell her another place to go to or another drug to give her. What part of NO don't you understand!? She just could not understand why we wouldn't do anything. We believe that giving chemo to a dog (especially one with a extremely aggressive form of cancer) is futile. The dog will eventually die and rather than putting the dog through a process which will scare them and they won't understand we want them to be at home and happy until their time is here. Needless to say we are not going to that vet again. My mom is going to give the main vet an ear full on how if that vet tech can't even preform a spay why in god's name is she a vet? I wasn't home when my mom got the news. I had to go back to college so I am stuck states away while my dog could die at any moment... At first I was very upset (like any animal lover would). I cried and sat on the couch the rest of the day. Now I am numb. Writing this has pulled the sadness and lump into my throat again which part of me is happy about. I don't like being numb and I don't like not being there. My mom said if we need to put her down she will wait until the weekend so I will be able to be there. I only have 2 months until I am home but she may not have that much time... She is doing much better and is getting lots of love but I still ache. I have never had a situation when I know my dog is going to die soon I just don't know when. The worst part is she is only 4 years old 
. I don't have anyone really at school to talk to besides my boyfriend. I don't like talking about this kind of stuff with people because most of the time they don't understand. I also tend to keep my feelings to myself as well. I feel like sharing things like this on BYC really helps with the healing process. I can share my story and not have to get a lump in my throat every time someone asks.
. I don't have anyone really at school to talk to besides my boyfriend. I don't like talking about this kind of stuff with people because most of the time they don't understand. I also tend to keep my feelings to myself as well. I feel like sharing things like this on BYC really helps with the healing process. I can share my story and not have to get a lump in my throat every time someone asks.
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