Not What We Expected
Faith had planned to take Abe to work sometime last week to figure out a next step. By last Saturday, his breathing had become labored and we were forced to take him to vet emergency Sunday morning. After a quick ultrasound, it was very evident that he has a cancerous tumor in his chest. It's called Mediastinal Lymphoma and grows in the lymph tissue. At this time it's bigger than his heart and there is no cure. Faith and I sat there in utter disbelief, hoping it was 'just' pneumonia. It grows pretty quickly so he hasn't been living with it very long. There was a lot of fluid around his lungs and they drained almost a cup from him. Chemo is an option but not very practical; and no guarantee. For now we are just giving him steroids; which may buy him a couple of months. Faith's boss said even a few years is possible. Once the fluid comes back, we will have to let him go. It's not fair to just keep draining it off. I'll tell ya though, Prednisone is a mi...