Treating his symptoms and letting him go was NOT an option for us. Rumble was barely 10 and so healthy and such a fighter that I felt like I owed him the chance to become one of the 5 out of a 100 and win his battle.
So, do we let our local vet open him and explore? If the carcinoma turned out to be anywhere but between the pancreas and the stomach, then our vet would try to remove it. If it did turn out to be in that bad spot, then he would take a sample and close Rumble up and send him on to a specialist.
As it turns out, when you have tough decisions to make like this, no one can help you decide what to do, no matter how many times you ask them. I wanted someone to just shoulder the responsability for a little while and tell me what to do. I got pretty much the same answer from everyone, spend some quiet time alone with Rumble and together we would make the right decision. Sucks, but I guess that's the right answer. Get quiet...go inside...ask...and listen.
Rumble told Naomi, "I would just as soon go to OSU because I know my mom won't be happy unless everything possible is done. Follow my instincts and heart." Words of wisdom. I wish I had listened to my instincts and heart back in January.
We decided to skip our local vet and head straight to the specialist. We brought Rumble to the Small Animal Hospital up at Oklahoma State University located in Stillwater, OK. I didn't want Rumble to be opened twice and I didn't want to pay for two operations so we decided to go ahead and take Rumble to OSU, even though we were avid OU fans! Our first appointment was Friday, April 1st.
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