[Dailydrool] Spleen surgery

[Shelly Gordon-ABC Basset Rescue]

While at Nationals in Wisconsin this last Oct, Dudley had a horrible nose bleed during the night. Woke up to what looked like a murder scene in the RV. Rushed him to the emergency vet. The vet rattled off a dozen things it could be, one was spleen cancer. When we got home, we took him to our regular vet who did x-rays on him to find out he has tumors on his spleen. Dudley was 12 1/2 and it was going to be a hard surgery. We thought about it for a day or two, not sure what to do. One night, while on the floor with him asking him what to do, a picture frame of my beloved Doc who is at the bridge, fell off a bookshelf and landed near us. We knew it was a sign and scheduled the surgery the next day. He was at the vets for 3 nights. Turned out he had 8 cancerous tumors on his spleen. 

Nine months later, he is now 13 and laying under my desk while I'm at work today. 

It was a long, hard recovery and very expensive, but I don't regret it for one half a second. If not for the surgery, he would for sure be dead. 

Thinking and praying for Bob during this time....
Shelly Gordon 
ABC Basset Hound Rescue 
www.nybasset.org 
merchandise at nybasset.org

Live, Love, Rescue!

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