sarnewfie
New member
Sept 23 1998- July 10 2010/
I brought my queen into the vet.
Her history the last year was recurring UTI. My vet cautioned me that the underlying problem couldbe a growth or tumor. She also wanted to treat her conservativly. So we did that.
The last few days i noticed that she would go under the rose bushes as if hiding which i attributed tothe heat. It could have been that.
Sydney, her son, was inspecting her pee and spending a lot of time there at that spot. Not normal, especially when she had just gotten off cephelexin and the culture showed no bacteria. He was smelling something that i did not know what but that sign was there, along with him kissing her and licking her face tenderly several times a day. She had a slight change to her belly when laying down. She also was licking her front legs a lot the last few days.
I wrote to my vet last night becouse she had just gotten done with a chewy and i noticed her gumline bleeding and her tongue had blood spots. Gum color ok but eye color was not pink but a very light pink.
I emailed my vet. She was concerned. At 10 p.m. i ran her in on saturday night the 10th.
We did a blood test on her. Platelets low. Angie said if she gets blood in the syringe when she puts it in her belly it means she is starting to get blood in her abdomen or has been due to a tumor that is leaking that is either on her spleen or liver.
She got a minimal amt of blood.
The last three days Morgan was uncomfortable with the heat. Her hip (OFA GOOD) still can get arthritus at old age, Was sore, so i gave her an aspirin the last 3 days.
I thought for sure i caused this. The bleeding on the gums and tongue happened last night after her chewie and i was just freaking out inside.
And here is what i learned tonight with a phone call from my vet.
What Morgan had was hemangiocarcinoma. She did have an amt of blood in her abdoman my vet checked after i left.. My vet said that i acted quickly enough to avoid having her crash. It is not a to common thing what morgan had, but cancer in general is in our giant breeds. The aspirin i gave her for a few days to help discomfort in one hip did not cause this. I feel better now that i talked to my vet tonight. Aspirin does not cause the #s to change it causes the function to change.
She said in no way did the aspirin help this along or accelerate it. Had i not been so aware of her changes, in a few days she would have crashed on me. She is glad she insisted i meet her last night, and she said we did the right thing. She also said anyone who has a newf live past 7 or 8 is to be commended with cancer on the rise as it is she is seeing to many giant breeds leaving this earth at such early ages.
A word of warning. Aspirin stays in the system for 72 hrs. It is not processed the same as rimadyl or the other NSAIDS. So giving one on a daily basis the blood levels should be monitered just as they should be on rimadyl and other stuff.
I am posting this just in case someone may learn something.
These guys are sent to us as angels to help us and to teach us and when their job is done, they leave. Morgan taught me so much. And, at almost 12 she lived a long healthy life up till her last year.
I love her so much a piece of my heart is gone, just as it is with anyone else that leaves.
When the vet put the needle in Morgan was relaxedbut, when the stuff hit her heart she did not want to leave me and kept trying to breath. She was a grand old lady, not wanting to leave me, so dedicated and so loving, she was my girl. I told her it was ok and she melted into me.
I would have it no other way. Rest well my Queen. I waited a long time for her, a landseer my dream. She never disapointed me. well ok cept when she spit out her pills!
She was my foundation and now i will have her watching over me every day as her picture is on the side of my van.
Tonight a last trip out before it got dark with the other newfs, i heard heavy wing flaps, and looked on the other side of the fence a white dove wasflying upwards and was gone in a few seconds, but, the only thing white we have here is seagulls. I have never seen a white dove or white pidgeon here for as long as i have been here. I would like to think it was a sign she is still with me. Making her presence known. I love you my Queen. I will never forget you.
I brought my queen into the vet.
Her history the last year was recurring UTI. My vet cautioned me that the underlying problem couldbe a growth or tumor. She also wanted to treat her conservativly. So we did that.
The last few days i noticed that she would go under the rose bushes as if hiding which i attributed tothe heat. It could have been that.
Sydney, her son, was inspecting her pee and spending a lot of time there at that spot. Not normal, especially when she had just gotten off cephelexin and the culture showed no bacteria. He was smelling something that i did not know what but that sign was there, along with him kissing her and licking her face tenderly several times a day. She had a slight change to her belly when laying down. She also was licking her front legs a lot the last few days.
I wrote to my vet last night becouse she had just gotten done with a chewy and i noticed her gumline bleeding and her tongue had blood spots. Gum color ok but eye color was not pink but a very light pink.
I emailed my vet. She was concerned. At 10 p.m. i ran her in on saturday night the 10th.
We did a blood test on her. Platelets low. Angie said if she gets blood in the syringe when she puts it in her belly it means she is starting to get blood in her abdomen or has been due to a tumor that is leaking that is either on her spleen or liver.
She got a minimal amt of blood.
The last three days Morgan was uncomfortable with the heat. Her hip (OFA GOOD) still can get arthritus at old age, Was sore, so i gave her an aspirin the last 3 days.
I thought for sure i caused this. The bleeding on the gums and tongue happened last night after her chewie and i was just freaking out inside.
And here is what i learned tonight with a phone call from my vet.
What Morgan had was hemangiocarcinoma. She did have an amt of blood in her abdoman my vet checked after i left.. My vet said that i acted quickly enough to avoid having her crash. It is not a to common thing what morgan had, but cancer in general is in our giant breeds. The aspirin i gave her for a few days to help discomfort in one hip did not cause this. I feel better now that i talked to my vet tonight. Aspirin does not cause the #s to change it causes the function to change.
She said in no way did the aspirin help this along or accelerate it. Had i not been so aware of her changes, in a few days she would have crashed on me. She is glad she insisted i meet her last night, and she said we did the right thing. She also said anyone who has a newf live past 7 or 8 is to be commended with cancer on the rise as it is she is seeing to many giant breeds leaving this earth at such early ages.
A word of warning. Aspirin stays in the system for 72 hrs. It is not processed the same as rimadyl or the other NSAIDS. So giving one on a daily basis the blood levels should be monitered just as they should be on rimadyl and other stuff.
I am posting this just in case someone may learn something.
These guys are sent to us as angels to help us and to teach us and when their job is done, they leave. Morgan taught me so much. And, at almost 12 she lived a long healthy life up till her last year.
I love her so much a piece of my heart is gone, just as it is with anyone else that leaves.
When the vet put the needle in Morgan was relaxedbut, when the stuff hit her heart she did not want to leave me and kept trying to breath. She was a grand old lady, not wanting to leave me, so dedicated and so loving, she was my girl. I told her it was ok and she melted into me.
I would have it no other way. Rest well my Queen. I waited a long time for her, a landseer my dream. She never disapointed me. well ok cept when she spit out her pills!
She was my foundation and now i will have her watching over me every day as her picture is on the side of my van.
Tonight a last trip out before it got dark with the other newfs, i heard heavy wing flaps, and looked on the other side of the fence a white dove wasflying upwards and was gone in a few seconds, but, the only thing white we have here is seagulls. I have never seen a white dove or white pidgeon here for as long as i have been here. I would like to think it was a sign she is still with me. Making her presence known. I love you my Queen. I will never forget you.
