It has been quite a roller coaster ride since Ginger was diagnosed with cancer in January, but now our car has returned to the station, thus ending Ginger’s Story.
She was so good. She was recuperating from the TPLO, and her chest x-rays were clear! So when she started to whine on and off, for no apparent reason and had difficulty finding a comfortable position, we knew it was time to go back to the vet. We were hoping for a tummy ache, we got a very large mass at the site of the amputation. The doctor said ‘melon sized’. We took her to the hospital last Friday, 9/10/10, so that we could get an ultrasound. According to the ultrasound, it looked large, but contained – not invading the surrounding organs. They thought they could take it out, but would not really know until they opened her up. We went for it. The doctor called in short order to tell us that it was indeed invasive, and huge…and the surgery now, was far more risky. We told her to continue because, slim as it was, it was our only hope. A couple hours later, the surgeon called again…Ginger didn’t make it through the operation.
Heaven has another new, sweet angel. We miss her terribly.