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Me and Eurydice are keeping our fingers and paws crossed it is a fungal infection and Diesel will overcome it 👊🏾👊🏾
We are right by your side !
Sending you lots and lots of pawsitive energy, hugs and cuddles 😘😘😘💞🐶
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
I will be watching for an update. What a time you are having. We lost Bandit just 2 days short of 6 months post amputation. We did not do Chemo. Don't think Cancer until you absolutely have to. Deb and Angel Bandit.
So we got the results and Diesel tested negative for fungal infection. I think this is the end of our journey.
I am so sorry to hear this, although understand your concerns re: his past experience with anesthesia. Sometimes, surgery is the right option, but sometimes, like with my Tess or Otis at the end of his life, it just is not.
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
I am SO sorry to read this tonight. I was praying for good news. Only you can make that decision for Diesel, and trust me it is a tough one to make. I remember two years ago to this date I was facing the same decision. I am praying for both of you. Please give Diesel a hug for me. I know how hard this is. 
Betsy Golden and Angel, Eddy. Eddy was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma 7-23-14, had a left rear amputation 8-07-14, had 3 rounds of carboplatin chemotherapy, a small lung met was discovered in October, had 2 rounds of doxorubicin, and unfortunately more lung mets were discovered. Eddy fought cancer valiantly and went to the Rainbow Bridge 1-6-15, at the age of 7 years and 359 days, just six days short of his 8th birthday. Best Dog, Ever....you will never be forgotten.
You jave done EVERYTHING possible for your magnificent Diesel, and he knows it! Diesel knows how much you love him. And he knows, when the time comes to release him from his esrthly body that no longer serves him, you will love him enough to give him that gift.
Your love for Diesel is soooooo strong and that is where your strength will come from whenever it is his time. Your strength will come from the UNBREAKABLE BOND. Your strength will come from knowing that Diesel has no fear of his transition. He knows he is going through another door that will lead him to a pain free existence where he can be MAGNIFICENT DIESEL again. He knows it's another beginning, not an ending
Something that may bring you some comfort is to ask his Vet if he will come to the house when it's time. Many areas have mobile Vets who will come to the house too. You, or your friends, can make some calls and get that lined up. Yiu can make the appointment for several days from now, or a week from now, and you can ALWAYS cancel it. That at least woukd free you up to do nothing but love and spoil Diese and celebrate what a great boy he is by giving hi anything and everything he will eat. You can spend time outside sitting next to him as he sunbathes.
As hard and seemingly impossible as it is, you WILL stay strong for your boy and give him your smiles and hugs as he becomes free of pain and runs to the Bridge, young and happy, healthy and whole again. There will be time to grieve. But while Diesel is by your side, cherish and savor that special time.
PLEASE know we are here for you. Know that we understand like no others can how difficult this part of the journey can be. But we also know that Diesel will always be nestled in a corner of yiur heart forever.
Diesel chose you as his human because he knew he would have THE BEST TIME EVVVVER with you while on his earth journey! He knew he would be loved and he would be happy. And he knew when je couldn't be Diesel anymore, you would help him go through that other open door where he can have a new beginning.
We would love to see more pictures when you can.
Surrounding you with our love
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
I am so, so sorry and sending you and Diesel love and hugs.
We are all thinking of you. You are not alone. And we are full of admiration for the love, care and dedication you have shown your beautiful boy.
Meg, Clare and Elsie Pie xxx
Ruby, Staffy, born June 2022, became a Tripawd, 23 November 2023, adopted 12 January 2024.
Also Angel Tripawd Meg (aka The Megastar), who died in April 2023, aged 14, after seven glorious years on three, and Angel Staffies Pie and Bille. In the pawprints of giants...
Thanks everyone for the kind words! We have decided that tomorrow is going to be the day we say goodbye. Everyone pray for us!
Sending love and prayers to you and Diesel. Sometimes the gift of release is the only gift we have left to give them. Loving them enough to let them go when we can't fix their pain is truly the last and greatest gift we can do for them although it breaks our heart at the same time. Prayers at this absolutely hardest of times.
Sending love and strength at this saddest of times.
We are holding you and Diesel in our hearts.
Meg, Clare and Elsie Pie xxx
Ruby, Staffy, born June 2022, became a Tripawd, 23 November 2023, adopted 12 January 2024.
Also Angel Tripawd Meg (aka The Megastar), who died in April 2023, aged 14, after seven glorious years on three, and Angel Staffies Pie and Bille. In the pawprints of giants...
I am so sorry your journey is ending .... sending you lots of love and hugs and peace
Shelby Lynne; Jack Russell/Shiba Inu mix. Proud member of the April Angels of 2014.
October 15, 2000 to April 8, 2014
Our story: Broke rear leg in June 2013 - non-conclusive results for cancer so leg was plated and pinned. Enlarged spleen in September 2013 and had it removed and was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and started chemotherapy. Became a Tripawd January 8th, 2014 and definitive Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis. Three major surgeries in 7 months and Shelby took them all like a champ only to lose her battle to cancer in her brain. We had 8 amazing extra months together and no regrets. #shelbystrong #loveofmylife
You are saying "Until we meet again" and you are giving him the most selfless loving gift of release we can ever offer.
Yes, sending you peace and love and surrounding you with Diesel's eternal grace...
Sally and My Chunky Spiritual Being Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
I keep telling myself that Im ready, but I dont feel it in my heart. I feel like there is still life in him. I keep trying to convince myself that Ive seen a sign hes ready to go but i havent. Could the sign have been in front of me all along??? The fact that he cant get up and has a hard time using the bathroom because of the few stairs leading down to the yard? But then he eats! I feed him out of my hand and he eats every morsel ever so gently. He is such a good boy! And Im such a mess....
That licture of Diesel absolutely shows how MAGNIFICENT he s !!! He is absolutely .MAJESTIC !
If you need to cancel the appointment and observe him a bit longer, that is certainly an option open to you!!!
I see you're on here right now. Is his pain being managed okay for now? Does he wag his tail? Except for not getting up on his own and his mobility issues making it difficult to go to the bathroom, does he seem to still be able to Diesel?
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Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
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