we saw his specialist again and basically we had to make a choice.
Choice 1 - it goes away when he is on septrin so keep him on septrin and metacam for the foreseeable future, perhaps his whole life. Theres a good chance he would become immune to it eventually.
Choice 2 - do the surgery that was planned before. He had a 40% survicial chance if we do this. it is very close to the nerve and there is a chance she could damage his nerves and it could paralyse his leg. or it could come back after that. If it comes back AFTER surgery it will get much worse but if it doesnt, it will heal up completly.
I have chosen surgery. Some of you may not agree with this and some may have made a different decision but, he hated med time, he runs away from me whenever he sees me, he bites, scratches and goes crazy when its med time and he would be having septrin twice a day and a metacam once a day and he is living his life constantly on edge, he is getting stressed and run down and his weight yoyos.
I want to give him a chance at a HAPPY life. If he doesnt survive surgery or it comes back then obviously we will let him go but i want him to have a chance at a good life. and i cant watch him slowly go downhill, its "do or die" basically.
He is having surgery in 2 weeks time on tuesday the 14th July. This surgery is costing £450 at least, thats brings his insurance claims to £1300 :shock: