Hello to everyone and thanks for the warm welcome.
Haven't mastered the photos yet, but I'll try now.
OK here's what I ended up with. Hope they worked. All of Tiki for now.
( Just hit preview and it looks like they are there )
Tiki was Type 1, barely regulated Diabetic with a large kidney tumor that couldn't come out until he was totally regulated. Almost died once and went blind. Was in critical care for a week and he survived, then regained his sight.
I'll never forget how happy he was to SEE us when we finally got to pick him up.
Radiologist at the hospital missed a problem in the lungs.
A month before he passed we noticed changes. Almost two weeks to the day he died the diagnosis came in that his cancer had metastasized to the lungs. This after trying so hard, for so long to save him.
The day before he died one of the vet's was pushing to put him down, citing weight loss etc...., things we already knew. We explained to a deaf professional ear that he was not ready on that day. She was not amused and fought us.
I ended the conversation saying that when he decided that it was his time,, a good day to die,, then it would be done,, by his choice,, or if necessary by ours.
He died the next morning after jumping into his truck,,, the morning that we were going to the vet to put him down. He had made his decision before we woke up that morning, and as it turned out,, we interrupted him !
There was no way he was going to die any other way than his own so we suppose he went to Plan B.
Neither of us ever recovered from the loss, even with our other dogs here.
Tiki was a 24/7 x 365 family member. We still actively search the world looking for a Tiki relative.
Will check back in later today to see if we messed up or not. Just realized how late it is.
Thanks again to all.
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