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Winter 2008
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My Rottweiler 'Gretta'
Dealing with Lymphoma
Submitted by Ellen
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Gretta was with our family for seven glorious years. In March of 2002 she started licking and chewing at her legs.  After bringing her to our vet she was put on antibiotics and had to wear a "lamp shade."  She was also put on a diet as her weight was 120 lbs.

After her legs healed, she began to chew on the good legs.  We took her back to the vet and Gretta's weight was down to 98 lbs., and she looking good.  There was no change in her appetite or her activity. Again she wore the lamp shade until her legs was healed, but in the process we noticed her eating had changed and she was not as energetic.  After taking her back to the vet, she was now down 14 lbs. in one month.  Alarmed, we had blood work done.  The blood work showed an infection in the liver.  

Within two days Gretta rapidly declined, at first the vet suggested an ultra sound, but later we asked him to think about it.  He asked to take more x-rays , which revealed she was loaded with lymphoma.  The date was September 11, 2002. 

We brought Gretta home to spend one last night with the family.  She had turkey and eggs to eat and the next day my husband, daughter and I brought her in to the vet to have her put down -- our son could not bare the thought to come .  As my daughter and I held her close, Gretta kissed us one final time and just closed her eyes as the medication went through her system . This all took a matter of  2 minutes,  but it was peaceful.

Gretta will forever be in our hearts as "shaky butt", always shaking her butt with no tail.  My only hope is that one day they will be able to find a cure.  Gretta was our second Rottweiler at age seven we lost to lymphoma.

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