Decision

Well, we made a decision about Toop. We're not going to go through with the amputation. As much as we want Toop around longer, we have decided we don't want it like that. Amputation is not a cure. This cancer is going to kill her one way or another. It's either relatively quickly now or more drawn out later when it's in her lungs and she's struggling to breathe. At most we would get another 6-12 months with her. We would love to have that much time, but part of that would be recovering from amputation and likely a good chunk would be going downhill at the end. We're just not going to do that to her. I think Toop would be just fine as a three-legged dog. Everything I've read suggests that dogs do just fine with it. And if we were going to amputate and have another good 5 years we'd do it. But that's not what would happen. And so now we wait and watch. And hope we know when it's the right time. We love her so much and don't want her to go. But we have to do right by Toop as she has done nothing her whole life but try to make us happy. We are so, so sad.