Canine Bladder Cancer (tcc)

sadies mom, Ohio

On Jan 30, 2012 4:41 PM MyPeaches wrote:

Hi Christine,

I am so with you.  I have been told by 2 people "why don't you just put her down?".  My response is, after much crying, "how dare you say that?".  These 2 people have no idea.  Peaches is completely "normal" except for the peeing issue.  She still LOVES everything she loved for years.  She just has to pee alot.  Her pee has been mostly bloody for the past couple of months which has me on a rollercoaster too.  Her culture says she does not have an infection, and this is just the new "normal".  And just over the past couple of days, she has had me up 3 times in the night to go out to pee.  It used to be just once a night.  I am so tired right now, my eyes just ache, and I can't think straight.... and I am at work trying to function.  But I'll keep doing this as long as I have to.  I refuse to end her life becasue this is not convenient to me.  I just ordered the Tinkle Trousers (a larger version of the Pee Keeper), but haven't had the courage to put them on her yet.  But I guess I will have to if I ever want to sleep.  I, too, just wish I knew what was next.  This is just so painful to watch.

Debbie

Hi Peaches mom/Debbie,

Awhile back I read on here two ideas that I thought were brilliant and put in my file to use in the future when my Emily gets to needing pee every two hours. First, one is getting the pee pads, like you might use with puppies for training, and place them right at the doors so that when Peaches needs to go out to pee, she can use the mats at the door. Another person said tht she bought one of the large wire crates and an elevated doggie hammock bed. She put both of these in her bedroom-the bed inside of the crate-and also added one of the fake grass potty spots in the crate. That way her pup could sleep on the elevated bed up away from the pee spot, but get up and go to the pee spot to potty and go back to a dry bed. If I remember, her pup was already crate trained, sothis worked well. Emily LOVES her crate, so this sounds like the perfect set up for us in the future. I didn't know if you had read or tried these tricks yet! I thought it might help you to get some sleep so that you can stay healthy and helping Peaches!

Karen, Emily's (and Murphy) mom

Marianne (Rio) -- Colorado

Bailey & Karin (Baileysmom97), New Jersey

Chloe's mom, Tennessee

On Feb 01, 2012 1:42 PM ChicasMom wrote:

Chica and Lynn - NORTH CAROLINA

By way of...NJ, MD and VA.

Thank you for quoting me about the support group.  I am actually in NY (Westchester County) and I have the advantage of some of the best doctors and hospitals out there.  Unfortunately with this miserable disease the end is always the same. I guess my angry side is coming out now...since I've cried so much I feel (even though I know I'll cry more) I've exhausted the sadness side.  We're actually on our way to the vets office today because Molly still hasn't eaten and is now just laying around.  She picks her head up to drink water but seems very out of it.  They are going to do a blood test to tell us where the kidney levels are and then we are asked to decide. "Decide"; what a strange word. Decide to end the most precious addition to your family's life. They ask us to decide. My friends who have gone through this before have said it's for the sake of the dog who is probably suffering so I guess  the decision to be at peace vs. suffering is an easy choice.  It's just so hard and one that I can't believe I'm so close to having to make.

All my love as always to your furry loves and you.

Barbara, Molly's Mommy

We are all praying for you.  God bless.

Thanks Karen for the advice.  I do have pee pads all over by the door.  Sometimes she goes on them and sometimes she doesn't.  I don't even care that I will have to replace my carpet, but I just don't want her to try to hold it, which she does.  She will hold it as long as she can, and if I don't get to her in time, she will pee whereever she is at the moment.  I don't mind at all, but I just don't want it to become an issue with my husband.  I try to clean up the messes before he see them.  He is not as compassionate as I am.  Peaches sleeps with me and has never been crated, so that won't work.  I also bought a 6' x 6' piece of outdoor carpet and put a shower curtain liner underneath it and put it by the door and tried to encourage her to pee on it.  Sometimes she does and sometimes she doesn't.  UGH.  Anyway, I'm taking one day at a time looking forward to warmer weather when I can leave the door cracked open.

Debbie (Peaches) - Pennsylvania

Barbara, Hubby and Molly....I am praying for all of you.

I'm not often speechless, but right now I am so upset that I cannot form a thought or words.

Please let us know.

ChicasMom, Lynn