Prince is our 14 ½ year old Dal. He is wonderful—sweet natured and a natural couch potato. He was diagnosed last week with Bladder Cancer. We, like many of you, thought he JUST had a bladder/kidney infection and treated it as such all summer. He would seem to get better, symptom-wise at least, then go down again. He, unlike some dogs who have problems urinating, is incontinent. We are dealing with it and are planning on new carpet---whenever.
Prince is on Piroxicam, Ciproflaoxacn, and Tramadol. He is also is diabetic on 27 units 2X a day. He has also had cataract surgery at U.T. (a wonderful facility, by the way). Our doctor does not recommend any invasive treatments because of Prince’s medical history, so we are trying to keep him comfortable and praying for the best.
He has been on the Piroxicam about a week now, and is already having tarry stools and refusing to eat. I am not going to give him anymore doses until I can talk to the doctor on Monday.
I just found this web site, and while I have read it through my tears, it also gives me hope. Just today my grown son told me I was just going to “have to step up to the plate, and have Prince put to sleep.” Your posts give me hope that he can have a quality of life, for a while anyway. If anyone has any suggestions on how to deal with incontinency, please let me know.
Peace, B.