Scared to Death!!!!!!!! - updated - he is okay and I feel like a big wuss

[catsrule]

Glad your baby is doing fine now!

 

[dizneenut]

Glad to hear your furbaby is OK.

 

[WDWHound]

I dont see any wusses here (big , small or otherwise). Glad that everything turned out OK.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I just see a very carying mommy. Glad your little pooch seems to be okay.

 

[arminnie]

When I lost my first dog (at the age of 12 1/2) I was just devastated. I had NEVER known pain like that in my life. I swear that dog was the love of my life. I keep telling myself that it won't be so bad with my current dog (age 12 but healthy), but I know that I am lying to myself.

 

[Debi]

I'm glad that Reilly's okay, Lauri! Pets ARE a part of the family, so worrying about them is normal.

You did the right thing by getting that bump checked out. My dog took a fall down the steps in January, and after a few days of favoring his front right paw, we called the vet and scheduled an appointment for two days later. In the meantime, Denny developed a bump just above his paw that we thought was swelling from his injury; the vet agreed when we took Denny in later that week. The vet thought Denny just sprained his paw, gave him some pain medicine, and told us that if Denny was still limping in two weeks to call him back.

Two weeks pass, Denny is still limping, and that bump is growing larger. We call back the vet, he takes x-rays, and notices that the bone just above Denny's paw was eroding; the vet was confident that the bump was cancerous, but he refered us to a veterinary oncologist just to be safe. Sure enough, that bump was a cancerous bone tumor, and Denny wasn't exptected to live longer than 6 months. Rather than put Denny through 6 months of pain and suffering, we put Denny to sleep that afternoon.

It turns out that the weakened bone caused Denny to fall, and that lump would have developed regardless of whether Denny fell or not. It came as a shock to all of us - we were thinking that Denny just sprained his paw.

You definately did the right thing, Lauri - don't feel bad about it!

 

[MJTinNH]

Glad Reilly is OK. I can understand, my pets are part of my family too.

 

[cvemom]

You're not a 'wus' at all!!!!Reilly's a memebr of your family, right? I would have done the very same thing. Be proud of your quick responce. Have a great day and enjoy all your 4 legged kids !

 

[Serena]

I'm glad Reilly's ok.

 

[browneyes]

If you didn't worry about your furbabies, I'd worry about you, Lauri. I'm glad Reilly is ok.