Am I making things worse?
Sorry this is long
My 13 yr old beagle Milo was diagnosed with a mass in his chest..
Two weeks ago he was not eating or drinking for a couple days, so i Took him to our family vet. They did blood work and a fecal test and felt he might have an infection. They gave him an antibiotic injection and sent us home.
the next day I took him for a short walk and he seemed very weak and his urine was extremely dark. As soon as I saw the urine I took him to an ER vet and they requested his blood work from our family vet. They also did an X-ray and found a mass in his chest and could only tell us it maybe cancer but we're unable to determine if it was attached to any organ, or if it had spread without doing surgery, which they felt he would most likely not make it through.
I took him home and we planned to have him put to sleep the following Sunday. The night before my oldest daughter asked that we cancel the appointment and maybe just ask the Dr if there was anything we could do to give us a few more days to process this before we let him rest.
I went back and they answered our questions and said we can try prednisolone and gave us enough for a couple weeks.
Since being on the meds he is a completely changed dog.eating, drinking, normal level of energy , normal urine and bowel movements, no shortness of breath. everything seems back to the old milo.
I understand this is a false hope.. I understand that he is very close for his time to pass, but having him this extra couple of weeks has helped us all accept what's coming and gave us time to love him that little bit more I think we needed.
My question is.. if the meds are somehow helping with the tumor and if getting more would be wrong, as he seems to be comfortable and happy again.
I know the old saying when there are more bad days than good, then it's time to do the right thing.
But right now he's having all good days.. and I hate the idea of putting him down if just a half a pill a day is all it takes to keep him going.