Oscar’s surgery

First of all:  thank you so much for your supportive  comments!   And please benny55, don’t make comments about yourself; you have a heart of gold; that’s what’s important!

This morning we went to UW vet school for Oscar’s pre op physical.  I was with a student answering questions etc when I said; “Oh Oscar, you are dirty, we should see if we can  give you a bath tonight.”   The student then said “So you’re going to take him home and bring him back in for his sugery in the morning.”   I didn’t realize that they were planning on keeping him overnight tonight and then doing the surgery in the am.  In a way it was good to be surprised, otherwise I’m sure I would have freaked out if he werould have been home the night before  surgery.  I asked her to show me on his body where the surgery would be and I didn’t know (hadn’t thought about it) that they will be taking the whole sihoulder bone.  Yikes.       (I got another surprise when they wanted 1/2 of the cost of the surgery this am

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I'm a retired nurse; plan on going back to work--need more money. Have many hobbies and interests: knitting, needlepoint, sewing, gardening, refinish wood, cross stitch. Addicted to Pinterest. Also part of an animal rescue group-animals that are in shelters where they are euthanized are transported here to Wisconsin or Minnesota. Have 2 english mastiff's. Oscar just turned 6 in march; already has hip dysplasia and arthritis and just started limping a couple of weeks ago. He has osteosarcoma in his right front leg. I was totally against amputation, thought it was cruel etc but it looks like it's the only way to take away his pain. The vet told me about this site and I need to decide tonight what to do. View all posts by oscarsmom1