Thank you for your kindness and support.

Submitted by mmnsm on November 12, 2011 - 3:24pm

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I want to thank everyone who responded to my post. I was feeling very alone, and your comments changed that.

I didn't respond because I have been a little numb, more so right now as I prepare to say goodbye to my best friend. Max has some sort of advanced aggressive bone cancer that in one month has eaten away some of his sacral vertebrae... Seven vet appointments and more than 2000.00 did not reveal this despite my pleading with 3 different vets that something systemic was going on, I walked out of 7 appointments being told he had cranial cruciate tears. So today after another very rough night I rush him to the vet once more. A simple x-ray shows what has been robing me of my friend.. My only comfort is that even if it was found on the first appointment there was nothing that could be done.. Without that knowledge I am not sure how I would be dealing with his this. My gut was right and I questioned it in the eyes of a professional clinician.. So to those who have this gut feeling and are being told otherwise, I implore you to use my experience to push and push and push until you are satisfied and have a resolution. 3 days ago my vet said no dog has ever died from a cranial cruciate tear, this was the one thing that he said to me that was correct.

Max is now resting comfortably on the couch, albeit completely drugged, as I wonder how I am going to tell my 2 daughters about what we need to do next. I have never said goodbye to any of my friend’s midlife span. All of my other experiences have been a natural progression of what will eventually occur after the moment they are born. I feel so cheated.. But to cry and be mad would rob me of what this truly special animal has taught me, Max taught me something no human could ever have had, and it’s a very simple thing that escapes most of us, He taught me to live in the moment, and always be in the present, because that is all you really have.

Again thank you for your kindness and support. You are all very special people.

Mike

Oh God, I am so sorry...

Submitted by Kathy Chester N... on November 12, 2011 - 3:39pm.

Such a terrible disease to deal with. We lost our first boy at 2 and our second was just 6 when he was diagnosed with lymphoma, it's not easy, I know. Sending prayers for you, Max and your daughters.

Max is right

Submitted by LynnKing on November 12, 2011 - 5:17pm.

live and love in the moment.

I am so sorry that all of you are going through this, it's so heartbreaking.

Hugs to the patient

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So very sorry.....

Submitted by pigenfrafyn on November 12, 2011 - 5:23pm.

So sorry to read about your Max. That is just an awful situation---awful that no one could figure out what was going on with him. I pray for Max, you and your family. I know how difficult this is. We lost our boy Walter to Lymphoma 3 weeks ago and it is still so raw to even think about.

So very sorry......

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Mike - PLEASE read this from the regular forum

Submitted by RARett on November 12, 2011 - 5:55pm.

There was a post this week - About Buddy Luke - PLEASE read it, it may help you feel better :) (Yes at first it mght make you sad, but then it will warm you to your core)

http://www.bulldogsworld.com/f/general-bulldog-forum/buddy-luke

Gizmo

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I have been following your posts...

Submitted by carol on November 12, 2011 - 6:38pm.

andam so sorry to come on line now and read this last one. My heart breaks for you and Max.

So very sorry this is the outcome.

Submitted by AmyandSophia on November 12, 2011 - 7:02pm.

My heart and prayers go out to you and your family. So very sorry. Please let us know when Max has gone to the Rainbow Bridge and I will see to it he is remembered.

Many hugs to you all.

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So terribly sorry for all the

Submitted by DiMacQ on November 12, 2011 - 11:04pm.

So terribly sorry for all the sadness and anguish. Heartbreaking. So glad that his memory will live on in lessons learned.

I am so very SORRY:(

Submitted by minnie1970 on November 13, 2011 - 3:05am.

We lost our bully Angus in June to liver cancer...our hands were tied because he went undiagnosed AND he was seen at the vet regularly...we never knew he was in pain, because they don't show it. I would have sold my soul for him if I knew it would have saved him, we loved him that much. Our Bully, Bubba, we lost one week ago today and it has been so, so EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL, because he died at the vet, not even 15 minutes after seeing her. So close and still so raw feeling. 2 Bullies in 4.5 months. I feel your pain...I am so very sorry. You said it so vividly, we can learn a lot from them whom love us so unconditionally and accept us with all our flaws. Thank you for that "live in the moment because that's all we have". AMEN!

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Thank you

Steph