Doozer is our Saint Bernard (UKC Best in Show Veteran-AKC/UKC/IABCA CH Sleepyhollows Doozer v Voyager RN CGC. A Top Twenty Saint Bernard in 2008). He was born June 27 2002. On January 10 2011, Doozer was diagnosed with bone cancer. This blog is our way of not only saying "Goodbye" to Doozer, but a way of remembering Doozer too. It will, hopefully, ease our pain a little when Doozer passes on to the Rainbow Bridge.
Currently, Doozer is doing very well. On Sunday Jan 9, Doozer woke up just fine and it was a regular day. By mid-day, however, he had developed a limp and by end-of-day he was not placing any weight on his right hind leg at all. We took him to the vet on Monday and they x-ray'd. The vet first thought it was a cruciate ligament problem and only took x-rays to rule out anything else. Unfortunately, it turned out that the x-rays showed the bone cancer. Because Doozer also suffers seizures we are limited in what medications we can give him. Our vet suggested piroxicam. And although Doozer still cannot use that back leg, he is getting around on 3 pretty well. We have opted to not do amputation, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy. Although Doozer is currently getting around pretty well he is also severely dysplastic in his hips and elbows and so unless we can give him back the use of all four legs his time on this earth is going to be limited. We did not feel that extraordinary measures to extend his life by a month or two would be worth the pain of what we would all go through.
And so that in a nutshell is Doozer's introduction! If you care to join us through our journey you are welcome to. We don't guarantee it will make you laugh or even smile. It may though; and it may make you cry and give your own fur-babies a REALLY BIG HUG!!
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