I know it's about cats...

....but my beautiful rotty is in trouble now. I just had to tell
somebody about it, and I don't find the dog groups very friendly at
all. He's 12-1/2 years old now. He started having heart troubles two
years ago. He's been on enalapril for that. Now he's started leaking
urine at night. We gave him medicine for that, and it worked. But
once he got off the medicine, he started leaking again. This morning,
he threw up all his breakfast.

I took him to the vet, and they did a blood test and an X-ray of his
abdomen. There is a mass in his abdomen, and the vet doesn't know
what it is for sure. He doesn't want to do an exploratory on my boy
at his age. We've put him on the anti-leaking medicine again, and
then something for the tummy troubles, and we're continuing the heart
medicine. His heart is worse now. The blood test shows liver
problems now, too.

I will keep him as comfortable as I can. He is still bright and alert
-- interested and engaged. He's being so brave to try not to scare
me, I'm sure. I will not let him suffer, but I'm also not ready for
this at all. I guess we never are ready. He's been my companion, my
bodyguard, my light for so long. I don't know what I'll do when I
lose him. I think we're on borrowed time now.

Just needed to say....

Eva