After I introduced him dwelling Friday evening, he was a pathetic sight, nonetheless beneath the results of the sedative they’d given him to get the scans. I had understood them to say that he could be again to regular within the morning, so when he was positively not again to regular within the morning, I used to be so involved. He had no real interest in meals or water, and simply wished to sleep, which is totally not like him. He’s normally glued to my aspect like my shadow, however he had no real interest in even getting up. So I referred to as, they usually stated to present it 24 hours. Fortunately, because the day went on, he gained extra energy and power, and by round 2:00 within the afternoon, he was able to eat and drink. He nonetheless doesn’t fairly seem to be himself, however he’s about 95% of the way in which there. That might be the results of the medicines they despatched dwelling with us, although.
We’re nonetheless deciding on target of therapy (if any) for the tumor. It’s actually onerous to know what to do for a 12-year-old canine. It will possibly probably be surgically eliminated, however there are all the time dangers with that, particularly since working on a 12-year-old canine is like working on an 84-year-old human. With the superior age, there’s much more threat of problems with surgical procedure. However we’ll make the perfect determination we will for him. Simply know that as a lot as y’all love Cooper, we love him 1000X extra.