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Julie726 · 07-30-2010, 04:36 PM

Sam was diagnosed with Lymphoma on my birthday, 7-26-2010. He is 14 and the vet said chemo would only extend his life for 10 months to a year, so I opted not to take that route. The vet thinks Sam has about 2 months to live.
Sam lost his appetite and was panting a lot - I just thought it was due to his age and the hot summer in LA... trying not to feel guilty but feel so bad I didn't take him to the vet sooner.

Prednisone is helping him with his appetite and he seems comfortable enough to go on for a while, but I think about the "quality of life" issue all the time. He's not suffering 24/7, but he can't run, can't eat much, and I can feel the swollen kidney and nodes. It's really hard to watch him get so skinny.
I feel terrible that a part of me wants it to be just all over because it's so hard to watch him deteriorate.

07-30-2010, 04:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Julie726 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 10	Quality of life/Sam's Lymphoma Sam was diagnosed with Lymphoma on my birthday, 7-26-2010. He is 14 and the vet said chemo would only extend his life for 10 months to a year, so I opted not to take that route. The vet thinks Sam has about 2 months to live. Sam lost his appetite and was panting a lot - I just thought it was due to his age and the hot summer in LA... trying not to feel guilty but feel so bad I didn't take him to the vet sooner. Prednisone is helping him with his appetite and he seems comfortable enough to go on for a while, but I think about the "quality of life" issue all the time. He's not suffering 24/7, but he can't run, can't eat much, and I can feel the swollen kidney and nodes. It's really hard to watch him get so skinny. I feel terrible that a part of me wants it to be just all over because it's so hard to watch him deteriorate.