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My
Rottweiler Bruno - Dealing with Lymphoma
submitted by Terri Yates on June 3, 2009
I lost Bruno on May 26, 2009, a day that I will remember for the
rest of my life. I got Bruno when he was 10 weeks old. Handsome little chap, and
from day one, he followed me everywhere.
On May 19, 2009 I had taken him to the vet as he had had an upset belly for a
couple of weeks by then. I had done the usual ‘starve him for 24 hours followed
by the chicken and rice diet.’ It worked for a couple of days, but on returning
home from work, he had messed in the house. The stool had no form at all. My boy
never messed in the house, he was far too proud. He needed antibiotics.
I rushed him to the vet the following morning and he was put on Noroclav, for an infection. My vet felt his stomach and could feel no foreign bodies. I knew my dog wouldn’t have eaten anything. He had gone from 59kgs to 49kgs, but my vet said he looked healthy, he always advised me to get some of his weight off for his back legs, but he wasn’t fat. I booked him in for a check up the week later.
His stools seemed to firm up, and he was fine in himself. Playing with our other dog Mac, and rolling on his back on his daily walks. Then on the Monday, he started vomiting. I woke up to hear him vomiting in the night. I was thinking he needed different antibiotics.
Tuesday morning, we were at the vet again. The look on my vet Randy's face scared me. Bruno had lost another 6KGS!!! In a week. He said he could feel something in his stomach, so he wanted x-rays today. I took him to the animal hospital as they had the xray machine big enough for my Dinkle Bum. I dropped him off, gave him a big kiss. I told him I will make him better, whatever it costs, as he is my special boy. The x-rays didn’t show much, so they wanted to operate the following day. Randy visited Bruno on his lunch break and showed the vet who was now looking after him the lump.
I had to go there and sign the consent forms for him to operate, and to see my baby. He was on the floor in the x-ray room coming round from the sedation. I laid with him on the floor, smothered him in kisses, and I kept saying to him ‘see, I told you I’ll make you better.' But Bruno couldn’t get up!! They took his temperature which was 39.4!! The vet got steroids into him and his temperature started to decrease. I was begging him not to leave his Mum, that he needed to stay with me, I need him and that I love him.
Like God had sent him, Randy came walking through the door, he had finished at his practice and wanted to see how Bruno was doing. He gave everyone their orders and Bruno was rushed into theatre, Randy operated. It lasted around three hours. Bruno died under anesthetic! Cancer was in his spleen, throat, intestines and God knows where else! My poor baby gone.
He was the most amazing dog I have ever known and I love him with all my heart. It’s so so painful living without him, I will look in his usual spots of where he lays for a long time. I cant believe he is gone. My little protector. Bruno was six years old when he died - I didn’t have enough time with him. He wasn’t meant to leave me. I keep sobbing and screaming that they got the wrong dog and to give him back to me.
I will always love you Bruno, my 'Dinkle Bum' and now 'My Angel.' R.I.P. Bruno April 1, 2003 – May 26, 2009
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