Heartbroken....

Today was a very sad day for Steve and I. After a weekend full of Sadie being violently ill, a trip to the ER, we took Sadie to her vet today to have an abdominal ultrasound done, because the Radiologist had found a mass on her spleen. Sadie was such a good patient today, she had her entire abdomen shaved, and was lifted by Steve and Dave who works at the vet, without even batting an eye. So calm, and just accepting of the things yet to come. After several minutes of "ultra-sounding" and much to our horror, the Vet informed us there were several tumors on Sadie's spleen, which have also taken over her liver. Her kidney's are also dilated. Sadly, when tumors overtake the liver, there is nothing that can be done. No treatment, no surgery. We took Sadie home on a dose of pain medicine, some Pepcid to control any nausea, and a new diet plan. With orders to keep her comfortable, and happy, and we will know the signs of the bad days, (vomiting, diarrhea, lethargic, etc) - She can still have some good days left in her as well, as pain meds can work wonders, but in reality, we do not know how much longer she has. We are returning to the vet in one month, to re-measure the tumors and see how rapidly they are growing.

Our children are aware of Sadie's illness, they do know she is going to be sick forever, but we have not yet used the term "dying" with them. We will know this is coming, and will prep our kids when that time comes, so please do your best to be sensitive around them, our lives are going to be shook up enough, Steve and I would just like to be the one's to have the say, and deal with this ourselves when the time is right.

I am going to do my best to update this blog, and let you know how our beautiful dog is doing, along with share pictures of her, now, and through the years that we have had her.

Please, if you pray, pray for us, if you don't, please think good thoughts for us over the coming days, weeks, months...