When is it time to put your beloved pet to sleep or keep having joint surgery. When is enough enough.?
Posted by: Alan in Aspirin For Dog Arthritis, tags: beloved, enough, Having, Joint, Keep, Sleep, Surgery, TimeHi, i am desperately looking for realistic, sensitive advice regarding my beloved 6 year old black lab. She has been ill a little over a third of her life. She has battled a R-torn ACL surgery with a hard long recovery, (even with all the recommended physical therapy) multiple ear infections one nasty bacterial infection (6 months until the cure was finally found, steroid treatment), food allergies, a R-ACL re-injury sprain with 5 months recovery, also she has been found to have bad hips and arthritis in both hips and some in her R-knee(daily pain medication and joint supplements are given with premium allergy food). I was also told that if she gets really bad, a hip surgery is then needed. Now just days ago on her 6th birthday she tore her Left ACL. This was her strong leg as her left leg was finally just starting to become stronger and have muscle mass. I have sought out 2 vets opinions and each one wants to perform yet another ACL surgery. I don’t care about the money, I care about her and her quality of life and her suffering. She can’t run, play, fetch. The best she has been in almost 2 years is going out for walks and of course being my dedicated companion and winter house dog. I feel pressured from the vets, that I am being dramatic and should keep operating and that she’ll recover, but with all her medical issues I am really torn. I am concerned that this surgery will add more arthritis in the hips and knee. Also this would be the 6th time she has been put under anesthesia (eye surgery, x-rays, spay, chest cut injury, knee surgery,). I know a lot of dogs have multiple knee surgeries but given her struggles and circumstances I am not sure if this is the best for her. I am not sure if she is strong enough, I am just sick about it… Should I just let my baby go to sleep and remember the good times or make her, help her to keep fighting? I love her dearly.Thank you for your time…














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