Honey's Cone of Sadness

9 years ago

Hoping and praying for the best outcome for you and Honey.
Fine (and strong) looking companion you have there Frank.

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BigFrank Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

Hoping and praying for the best outcome for you and Honey.
Fine (and strong) looking companion you have there Frank.

Thanks, Thom. She is a very strong girl - and strong-minded, too. :-)

Cheers. - Frank
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Jason Kanigan

9 years ago

Consistent pet reaction to the recovery collar = shame...

Best of luck to her.

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BigFrank Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Jason Kanigan

Consistent pet reaction to the recovery collar = shame... Best of luck to her.

Thanks, Jason.

Cheers. - Frank
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- Cali16 9 years ago
  
  Frank, my heart goes out to you and Honey. I'm sure she hates the cone - all animals do. And it's so hard to see them miserable, even though you know the cone is necessary for now.
  
  As a huge animal lover myself, I know what you're going through right now! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and your beautiful dog that the tumor is benign, and if it's not, that it can be treated (without putting her through an awful ordeal in the process).
  
  Please keep us updated!
  
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  perryny 9 years ago
  
  A few years back, my father-in-law's dog had an operation. Not wanting to bother her with the collar, dad decided to deter her from messing with the sutures by... pouring Tabasco on them.
  
  Yeah... good thinkin' dad...
  
  Praying for Honey here, Frank. Best,
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sbucciarel

Banned 9 years ago

Sending my wishes and hopes that it is benign. I know you'll be on pins and needles until you know. Give her a kiss for me.

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AprilCT 9 years ago

Sorry to hear, Frank, and I will pray for her. We went through quite a lot of those collars with the last pup we had. They really aren't happy wearing it, but it sure is better than letting the pup rip out the stitches.

I do hope Honey gets well soon.
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- Kay King 9 years ago
  
  Bless her heart - what a sad little face!
  
  Treats - lots of treats....
  
  I just watched "UP" last night (again) on cable - and knew exactly what the "cone" was....in that movie it's the "cone of shame"....
  
  In Honey's case - it's "they won't let me chew my stitches out"....
  
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  My deepest thanks to all of you. Your support and good wishes mean a great deal to me.
  
  I'm trying to keep my spirits up, but it is difficult. She's keeping me busy giving her scratching where she tries to but can not reach. She seems very appreciative. lol
  
  I love her more than anything in the world. She is such a sweetie-pie.
  
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Dan Riffle

9 years ago

Keep us posted, Frank. I put in a good word with the Man upstairs.

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Jack Gordon

9 years ago

aww Frank, you have her in my thoughts tonight.

Mine was just diagnosed with lymphoma last week. He is only 4 (an estimate, not a lot of good data came from the shelter when we got him 3 years ago).

Chemo started Tuesday. It is heartbreaking. Best case, they are telling us, is that with chemo he will feel happy and healthy for around a year while it is pushed into remission. But when it comes back, there won't be much in the way of good options.

We are coming to grips with the reality we are facing now. I truly hope your news is better.

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Dan Riffle

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Jack Gordon

aww Frank, you have her in my thoughts tonight.

Mine was just diagnosed with lymphoma last week. He is only 4 (an estimate, not a lot of good data came from the shelter when we got him 3 years ago).

Chemo started Tuesday. It is heartbreaking. Best case, they are telling us, is that with chemo he will feel happy and healthy for around a year while it is pushed into remission. But when it comes back, there won't be much in the way of good options.

We are coming to grips with the reality we are facing now. I truly hope your news is better.

Went through that about five years ago with stomach cancer. Our vet was able to make ol' Jackie new again for about a year and half and then - poof - he was gone. Still tears me up. That said, Jack was a 9 year old boxer. They don't typically get much older than that. Yours may fair better being younger.

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9 years ago

My thoughts and prayers go out to your little honey.

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yukon

Banned 9 years ago

Claude wears a cone like that when he goes out to eat at restaurants. It helps protect other people.

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lanfear63 9 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Claude wears a cone like that when he goes out to eat at restaurants. It helps protect other people.

Update, he no longer uses the cone. His wife got him an extra wide feeding tube.
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Janice Sperry

9 years ago

A friend of mine just lost his 10 year old dog. He said that he had spent more time with her than any humans.

I hope that the biopsies don't take too long because the waiting is torture. I wish the best for you and Honey.

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Mike Anthony

9 years ago

Originally Posted by BigFrank

Greetings All,

My little Honey is home from the hospital after having a tumor removed from her leg. It has been sent out for a biopsy and all of us here are praying that it is benign. Any of you folks that believe in prayer - yours would be appreciated,

Will do....How long do you have to wait to get results back?

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BigFrank

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Keep us posted, Frank. I put in a good word with the Man upstairs.

Thanks, but I hope that you didn't tell Him it was my dog. :-(

Originally Posted by Jack Gordon

aww Frank, you have her in my thoughts tonight.

Thanks. :-)

Mine was just diagnosed with lymphoma last week. He is only 4 (an estimate, not a lot of good data came from the shelter when we got him 3 years ago).

I simply can't handle hearing this. This is precisely why I can't believe in God. No merciful God would ever allow something like this to happen. While that may be a simplistic view, some things are that simple to ascertain.

Chemo started Tuesday. It is heartbreaking. Best case, they are telling us, is that with chemo he will feel happy and healthy for around a year while it is pushed into remission. But when it comes back, there won't be much in the way of good options.

We are coming to grips with the reality we are facing now. I truly hope your news is better.

Horrible. My vet has already alerted me to the possibility. I don't pray, but my thoughts are with you and yours.

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Went through that about five years ago with stomach cancer. Our vet was able to make ol' Jackie new again for about a year and half and then - poof - he was gone. Still tears me up. That said, Jack was a 9 year old boxer. They don't typically get much older than that. Yours may fair better being younger.

Man, what the hell have I started. I apologize for bringing back so many painful memories, to others. I had no idea. :-(

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My thoughts and prayers go out to your little honey.

Thanks, so much.

Originally Posted by yukon

Claude wears a cone like that when he goes out to eat at restaurants. It helps protect other people.

Claude is not allowed to eat in restaurants. There are health codes that keep him out.

Originally Posted by Janice Sperry

A friend of mine just lost his 10 year old dog. He said that he had spent more time with her than any humans.

Lost my first girl after 12 years. We were together everyday during that time and we rarely encountered other humans. She was laid to rest in the backyard and I visit with her every day, without fail. That girl kept me going through some very difficult times. It was is she could read my mind and knew when I needed comforting.

She is buried under a tree, next to the lake. It was her favorite spot to lay and watch the world float by.

I know - I'm a sentimental, old fool. lol

I hope that the biopsies don't take too long because the waiting is torture. I wish the best for you and Honey.

Torture is the understatement of the year. :-(

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Will do....How long do you have to wait to get results back?

Another 2 weeks, or so.

Cheers. - Frank

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Mike Anthony

9 years ago

Originally Posted by BigFrank

This is precisely why I can't believe in God. No merciful God would ever allow something like this to happen. While that may be a simplistic view, some things are that simple to ascertain

Meh....Its like relationships. Its not always the other person that mucks it up but we do tend to see only their part
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Oh Frank...Your secret is out. No one but a real softy would have gone to all that trouble and detail. We both only play tough guys on forums

Another 2 weeks, or so.

Sheesh yeah thats a long ole wait. go buy some apple products/software to distract yourself.

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Jack Gordon

9 years ago

Hang in there Frank. The big lesson here is to enjoy every day as if it is all we get. You never know what tomorrow holds.

Blue Bear (mine) had it pretty good before, but now has never had as many hugs, steak bones and belly rubs as he has gotten in the last week from everyone in the family. Whatever time we do have left is with a heightened sense of love and purpose.

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BigFrank

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Jack Gordon

Hang in there Frank. The big lesson here is to enjoy every day as if it is all we get. You never know what tomorrow holds.

That's how I approach every aspect of every day. I'm old. lol

Blue Bear (mine) had it pretty good before, but now has never had as many hugs, steak bones and belly rubs as he has gotten in the last week from everyone in the family. Whatever time we do have left is with a heightened sense of love and purpose.

I can't do any more for her than I have since the day I rescued her. She is the most important thing in my life and is treated as such, every minute of everyday. I never worry about looking back someday and saying to myself, "I wish I would have . . . . . . . such and such." That's never going to happen. :-)

Cheers. - Frank

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9 years ago

Poor dog....here's hoping he gets better soon.

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HeySal

9 years ago

Frank - I'm really sorry to hear this.

I know how you feel about natural medicines - but they saved my boy. If it comes to the vet saying "time for her to go" -- remember - I have the whole system I used to save Ricky online. Do not give her up without a fight.

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bizgrower

9 years ago

Hope it's benign, if not, I wish the best and least invasive for you and Honey.
I did 4 years of palliative care with one of my Huskies.
(He had a nose tumor and made it to 12 years..)

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BigFrank

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Anthony

Oh Frank...Your secret is out. No one but a real softy would have gone to all that trouble and detail. We both only play tough guys on forums.

It's perfectly fine for you to admit to being a wimp, but don't refute my well-known and continuously displayed status as an exceptional hard-ass. :-)

Sheesh yeah thats a long ole wait. go buy some apple products/software to distract yourself.

Honestly, I don't think they make anything that I don't already own. lol

Originally Posted by HeySal

Frank - I'm really sorry to hear this.

I know how you feel about natural medicines - but they saved my boy. If it comes to the vet saying "time for her to go" -- remember - I have the whole system I used to save Ricky online. Do not give her up without a fight.

I have given this a lot of thought and probably will go the more painful, but less selfish route and put her down early, if she is going to be in any distress at all. Out of fear at being alone I probably waited too long to put Baby down. I feel very guilty about that, to this day.

Of course, I appreciate the offer and your concern.

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Hope it's benign, if not, I wish the best and least invasive for you and Honey.
I did 4 years of palliative care with one of my Huskies.
(He had a nose tumor and made it to 12 years..) Dan

So happy that worked out. Twelve years is great.

Cheers to all. - Frank

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ThomM

9 years ago

Originally Posted by BigFrank

It's perfectly fine for you to admit to being a wimp, but don't refute my well-known and continuously displayed status as an exceptional hard-ass. :-)
Honestly, I don't think they make anything that I don't already own. lol

I have given this a lot of thought and probably will go the more painful, but less selfish route and put her down early, if she is going to be in any distress at all. Out of fear at being alone I probably waited too long to put Baby down. I feel very guilty about that, to this day.

Of course, I appreciate the offer and your concern.

So happy that worked out. Twelve years is great.

Cheers to all. - Frank

I had to make the decision to put down my last dog that graced my life. She had diabetes which required me to give her two shots of insulin a day. She eventually had tumors popping up all through her body. I kept her alive for around three years with the insulin shots but when the tumors popped up the vet convinced me putting her down was the right thing to do for her. Still one of the hardest things I've ever done and one of only two deaths that will still bring tears to my eyes when I think about it. The other is when my wife died from cancer.

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HeySal

9 years ago

Originally Posted by BigFrank

I have given this a lot of thought and probably will go the more painful, but less selfish route and put her down early, if she is going to be in any distress at all. Out of fear at being alone I probably waited too long to put Baby down. I feel very guilty about that, to this day.

Of course, I appreciate the offer and your concern.

Cheers to all. - Frank

I understand. Ricky was in a lot of pain when I met him - but I knew I could cure it so did so. At the end, however, when he started failing again and I couldn't figure out what was wrong, I called my sister just to find out that he was about 6 or 7 years older than I had thought, so I knew it was old age and the most I could do was keep him out of pain. I promised him he would live until I could no longer control his pain.

On that last day, I knew that was it. It no longer mattered what I did, he had entered the end and wasn't comfortable, so I called the vet to come out the next day to send him off from his own bed with me beside him. He didn't make it - died that night with a kiss goodbye on his last breath.

Frank - I'm a brave person, but I've never loved anything on earth like I love my dogs. So far I've not had to make the decision for them. As soon as I can tell I have to, they've let themselves go. You don't know how grateful I am that it's been like that. I really have empathy for you in this situation.

As much as I believe in doing as much as I can to save my guys -- there's a point that you have to know when letting them go is better. I fully respect any decision you make for your kid. You know him. I don't. I know you love him enough, and have the fortitude, to do as you see is right, whatever that turns out to be.

That said - I'm still hoping the kid gets well.

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I'm hoping that it is a benign tumor and all this talk about putting her down is premature. I really can't bear to think of it Frank.

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9 years ago

God will bless your little love, wished that everything would be okay

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bizgrower

9 years ago

I held on to my first cat too long. My brother held on to his first dog too long. People do it.
I deeply regret it now, even though the cat still purred to his last day and was way under
weight from his kidneys going at age 21 or so.

If it's time it's time and it seems so peaceful when the vets do it. At least for the two times I've had to
go that route.

I had a spleen removed from a dog. It turned out to be cancerous. They say there is a 50/50
chance they can live comfortably for a couple of years after that surgery, or they can go quickly.
She went quickly and horribly two days after the surgery. I won't do a surgery like that again with a pet. You can't tell them they just had major surgery and need to rest and only eat a little... And,
I might have had a better outcome if I could have afforded 24/7 care at a vet hospital for a week or so.

If Honey's is cancerous and has not metastasized and all other factors indicate it might be positive, I would consider removing the leg as dogs do seem to adjust to that. Of course, we each react to things like this in our own ways and you know your dog, yourself and the facts.

I do wish the best and hope it becomes Honey's Cone of Success.

Dan

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MissTerraK 9 years ago

Sorry I missed this, Frank!

My heart goes out to you and of course my prayers are going up for you and your precious Honey!

If it helps any, my baby had to wear a cone and was covered by prayer and it all turned out wonderfully! See?

Remember my sick little Lexi? And she was just a little itty, bitty baby!

Do you have any updates for us on Honey?

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