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OK, got banned for someone else's post 3 months ago, so let's try again.
Mandibuzz
Not nearly as bad as most on here, but still hurt me.
>3 years ago, senior year in high school
>Dog starts growing a tumor on her leg
>Parents hold off on taking her to get inspected
>By the time we take her to the vet, tumor is big enough to jiggle when she walks
>Vets say that they can remove it and she'll be fine
>Family pays several hundred dollars for surgery
>Success, she ends up perfectly healthy
>Month later, something else comes along
>She becomes noticeably lethargic, hardly moving an inch
>Parents think it might be heatstroke
>Gradually nurse her back to health over the next week.
>She slowly starts to regain her energy
>Suddenly, her condition gets MUCH worse
>She can hardly move an inch and refuses to eat or drink
>Can only lie on side panting for air
>Cna't take her to the vet because they're closed on weekends
>Next day, she can't even move her head
>Parents tell me she will most likely die
>Give her my final goodbyes as she struggles to breathe
>She dies around midnight that night
>Dad and I carry her out and bury her in the backyard
After all that effort to remove the tumor, she dies from something completely different. We never figured out exactly what killed her. It definitely did not look like heatstroke in her last few days. I had her for 11 years since I got her for my 6th birthday. She was the most loyal dog I've ever known. Worst part is that I was hoping she'd live at least until I graduated high school.
