Thoughts on Ari’s quandary over what to do about the lipoma on the bottom of Cali’s foot.
The lipoma should be removed. It’s about what’s best for Cali, her comfort, and her quality of life. She is not thinking about the surgery done to repair the torn ACL and subsequent recovery. What she knows is that right now her foot brothers her. After the lipoma is removed she will only know that her foot still bothers her, but not why. When her foot is healed she will know that nothing is wrong and won’t think about why she feels better. What she will always know is that you love her and always take care of her and do what is best for her.
Having owned 10 dogs over many years, I have needed to deal with and make decisions about many medical situations, some extremely serious. As difficult as it always is with situations affecting my dogs, I have to constantly remind myself that it’s worse for me because I know what’s going on and think about it from the perspective as if I were in the situation. Dogs are lucky that they don’t have this thought process. They only know when something is wrong or if everything is good. They can only rely on us to take care of them and make the best decisions for them.