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We had to put our 4 year old dog down the other night. We took her to the vet thinking she had gas... turns our after testing they saw a mass that was attached to her pancreas and her intestine. We were told it is complicated and not a good prognosis. We decided to not let her suffer.. by the end of the night it looked as if her stomach was getting a little bigger and she was having trouble laying down. I just feel terrible because she had no symptoms until that night. I'm worried we made the wrong choice.

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Thank you very much<3 I am so sorry to hear about your pup. I'm still so heartbroken and keep beating myself up wondering if there was more we could have done. We didn't even attempt a surgery because the way the vet made it sound, was that it wasn't a good outcome and we didn't want to put her through such suffering. The night we put her down was the first day she was showing symptoms. Only symptoms she was showing was a swollen sore stomach. Which looked to of get bit bigger as night went on. She was still so happy, and hyper.. it hurts.

[ginger899]

I am so sorry about the loss of your good girl.

I may be wrong, but this sounds as if it could have been Hemangiosarcoma, (possibly).

My dog died from that. Although not young, she was fit and well and happy, then suddenly -and completely without warning -got internal bleeding. Her belly filled up with blood. She survived the first bleed, and was recovering, but then had a second one which completely floored her. Bouncing back from stuff was her speciality. But Hemangiosarcoma is devastating with a poor prognosis.

The spleen is the most common organ to develop this cancer, but Hemangiosarcoma can develop on other visceral organs including the heart.
The prognosis is usually not good. Some dogs can survive for weeks, or even months in some cases. My girl lasted a week, then I had to have her put to sleep as the tumour ruptured.

I am so sorry, and my heart goes out to you. I know what the grief feels like.

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I thank you for messaging me back<3 Means a lot

[Margot49]

You just can't keep second guessing yourself, been there myself.
The dog I lost to the liver tumor was running around that morning, ate all her breakfast and seemed fine.  It is a shock, I know.

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Thank you very much for answering. I'm a mess.. been sitting here with all the what if's in my head. The vet explained everything, but now that I sit here I'm thinking "well, what if... the mass wasn't cancer?" "what if... there was something we could have done?" "what if they misdiagnosed..she is so young" I'm just so hurt. Mostly because of the fact that the vet said "I'm so confused.. shes eating.. shes drinking.. shes still acting the same" usually dogs will stop eating, drinking, etc.

[Margot49]

Oh, feel so bad for you.  If you read through these forums, you will see that many of us have had to cross that path with these difficult decisions.
From what you are describing, I feel you absolutely made the right decision.  With pancreas involvement, she was likely in a lot of discomfort. You have to go on the honest opinion of your Vet as to the prognosis. Surgery would have caused her more pain and probably only postponed the inevitable.

I have list a couple of younger dogs in the past that were fine in the morning and lost one the same day and another in two days.  I am very in tuned to my animals and saw no indication of illness. Ended up one had a tumor on her liver that ruptured and the other got acute pancreatitis.

So sorry for your loss.  She is running free now.

Hugs

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my question is.... if anyone knows.. was there anything we could have done to save her? would surgery have saved her? or just made her more uncomfortable.