I know there have been a couple of dog threads here lately, and we all seem to be dog folks for the most part, so I thought I'd post this. I'm typing through some sad eyes right now, so if there are any typo's I apologize (I tried editing the spelling in the title, but I can't seem to figure that out...).
We noticed some swollen lymph nodes on our 8 year old gs this past weekend, so I took him into the vet. The did a blood test and took a tissue sample, and our worst fears were confirmed, lymphoma.
I was pretty shook up when they told us it was a possibility. As with everything you read on the web, he has been acting fine. It took a day or so to get the tests back, and in the mean time the swelling had gone done considerably, so I guess I had gotten my hopes up a little.
Fortunately we live right next to Colorado State University, which has a very good small animal Vet program. We have an appointment on Tuesday (which my wife will have to do by herself, since I will be in Federal Way, WA, for work, bless her) with the Oncology Department there to determine the stage, treatment options etc.
We got Samson right after we moved to Colorado, and besides my wife and I, he is the first family member any of my kids (Sidney, now 6 and Brendan now 3) ever met. He has watched over them since day one and I honestly can not imagine having him around right now.
I could use some wisdom from you folks right about now....
Here are some random pictures I had of him on my laptop. The pug is Casey Jones, Samson's little "brother"
Bill
and this one was taken last week
