Daily Dose of Doberman

Sadly today was the dreaded day. We tried everything we could the last few weeks and sadly it wasn’t enough. Sophie lost even more weight and started to refuse to eat even when she was hand and spoon fed. Yesterday she couldn’t walk on her own anymore. We took her to the vet today and they said that it’s most likely cancer that initially didn’t show up on the blood work, but with the extreme weight loss in such a short time that was the likely case. We could have done more blood work to see and potentially done treatments, but the vet (and us) felt that all it would do is prolong Sophie’s suffering. So we had some cupcakes (the only thing she’s eaten in a bit) and a couple of pepperonis off a pizza. We cuddled her and told her she was the prettiest and goodest girl (because she is) and she crosses the rainbow bridge. The room we were in had a window that let some sun in, so she was also able to sun bathe, which was one of her most favorite things to do.

I’m no going to take down her blog so we can still look in on the memories, but I want to thank you all for the well wishes and support in this trying time. It’s not easy losing a pet, but we’re trying to keep in mind that she’s no long sick and in pain.

The appointment went AMAZING! Sophie is obviously severely underweight (58lbs!) but she had a lot of energy today. The doc said her heart and lungs sound really good and it’s possible that one of the masses on her stomach is a hernia, which is obviously better than a tumor.

Obviously it’s hard to tell what’s going on just from the outside, so we did a full blood panel and are going to collect stool and urine samples to see what’s going on inside her body. She does seem to have cataracts, which that paired with weight loss can indicate diabetes, but she doesn’t think she’s diabetic. She’s also been given some dewormer, as severe sudden weight loss can be a worm issue (especially in senior dogs) and some antibiotics because she has been vomiting and having diarrhea. She also said that, until we get the tests results, she doesn’t think Sophie is in need of being put down!

Sadly our Sophie isn’t doing the greatest. Since the end of January this year she has had unexplained weight loss, even though she’s been eating as usual. She’s also developed several small and medium sized masses over her entire body within the last couple of weeks.