Hello All! This is Moose. He is a 7 year old Great Pyrenees-Labradoodle mix that my husband and I adopted from a rescue in 2017. He was around 1.5 years old at the time, and came to us in New England after living a life on the lamb in Alabama. He is an absolute doll of a pup – well behaved and loving. In 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, we found a lump on his throat, which turned out to be a Thyroid Carcinoma – a cancerous tumor on his Thyroid gland. Thankfully, it was a relatively simple surgery and there was no evidence of spread to other parts of his body. The diagnosis and subsequent surgery cost around $6500. He needed frequent follow ups with an oncologist in addition to regular vet care, which cost us another $2000 per year. We were doing ok, until another lump began growing on his throat, which we discovered in November 2022. He was referred to a vet internist and it was recommended that Moose get a CT scan, as this was a recurrence of his thyroid carcinoma and they said if its regrown there, it may have spread. This most recent evaluation cost us around $3500. Unfortunately, on the CT, the vets found another tumor the size of a softball attached to one of his adrenal glands. This particular tumor is also growing into his caudal vena cava – the vein that returns blood from his rear end to his heart. What this means is that not only is this tumor malignant, it is inoperable and ultimately, terminal. We also cannot risk getting his throat tumor taken out either, as they are worried that the anesthesia will raise his blood pressure too much, causing the vein to rupture under the weight of the adrenal tumor. We are utterly devastated. Thankfully, Moose doesn’t know he is sick yet, and he likely will not feel any discomfort with supportive medication and diet until the throat tumor grows too big, the vein ruptures, or the vein becomes fully blocked by the tumor. He has maybe a month to 10months left with us, by the vet’s best estimation, but he could literally drop dead tomorrow, we just have no idea and there will be no warning signs until he begins to decline. We he does begin to decline we will literally have minutes to hours until he passes away. We are doing our best to give him a full life, but the medication he is on to keep him comfortable, the food he needs to keep him healthy, and these most recent vet visits and testing/imaging, has created a financial hardship for us. I already work 2 jobs and my husband’s haying business (he also has 2 jobs) busy season is about to get underway, leaving us with too little time to work additional hours, while still being available to spend time with Moose. We believe we have figured out how to cover the existing bills, however the costs for his care moving forward are looking like $350-400/month, which we simply do not have. We desperately want to continue to help make his life as happy and healthy as possible for whatever time he has left. It would be ideal for us to cover these costs for up to 10 months ($4000 total). Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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