Long time no doodlekisses... Sad update

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

Hi everyone,

I haven't been on DK for years... but I find myself drawn back to this awesome community at a hard time, likely just to say goodbye.  I had been thinking about re-joining things here for a bit, and I see some familiar names so I thought I'd check in.

Our little Luna is 7.5 years old and is best buds with our now 4.5 year old daughter.  We came to this site when Luna was just a little 8 week old pup and got great advice on all sorts of things. She is an awesome dog, so loving and gentle and playful.

And now for the hard part... it seems likely she has lymphoscarcoma.  Her blood calcium is high, she has  polydypsia/polyuria (drinking/peeing all the time) and today the vet found lumps in the area of her lymph nodes in a few different places.

We have not done any conclusive tests yet (needle biopsy, ultrasound etc.) but we are unsure if we want to, since the prognosis for that type of cancer is very poor and she likely only has a month or two left even with treatment.  The only purpose of the testing would be to confirm diagnosis and get her some more targeted palliative care, one of the options being steroids.  We've been down the steroid route before with her allergies and the side effects are not too pleasant, though they may make her feel better as things progress.

Other than the drinking/peeing all the time she remains playful, her energy levels are high and she is eating.  It's extra hard because she's barely a senior dog and her behavior is mostly normal.

 

Send Luna some of your warm thoughts and let's hope she stays happy for whatever little time she has left. :)

Thank you for all your amazing advice, keep being awesome.

J & Luna

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

Yeah we thought about chemo, but Luna is really a homebody and does not like the vet.. it doesn't seem fair to her to put her through the many vet visits.  She went to the vet last week for a day of IV fluids, she didn't eat, drink or pee the entire day... it's not a good place for her to be often.

Thank you for the information though, maybe someone else will come across it sometime and be able to use it :)

[Janet & Jaxson]

So very sorry to hear this. Hugs to you and Luna. ❤️

[Becka]

I always loved reading about Luna's adventures--I'm so sorry to hear that she's ill.