Joanne-You didn't jump the gun at all,my friend. I was sure today was going to be Dante's last day on Earth. If our holistic vet had not been available, we would probably have had our traditional vet euthanize him today. The holistic vet had some good news for us-the lymph nodes in his abdomen are not at all enlarged-he cannot feel them at all, which means he does not have organ involvement at this time. Dante actually had a much better day today,wanted to go for a walk (I didnt take him-it was 10 degrees out)and ate heartily. The vet started him on a homeopathic remedy-Hoxsey Formula-and has had some really good result shrinking lymph nodes/tumors with it. He said it could take up to 2 weeks to see if it is going to work, but that as long as Dante is eating, he has good quality of life left-3-4weeks worst case scenario. Of course, if he starts acting like he has pain again, we will be back to our horrible but neccessary choice. But for now,we will have our friend.
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