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[freakyoverqvc]

Good morning to all you wonderful pet lovers. I've been lurking around the boards for about 6 weeks now, since my baby Dixie had her surgery. You all seem like such kind and supportive people. I don't know where else to turn for some support so I thought i would give this a try. I have an 11 1/2 year old dachsund named Dixie. She's been my baby and constant companion for all those years. She saw me thru the deaths of both of my parents and many other troubles. I'm 47 years old and have never been married and have no children. She is my only baby. She was disagnosed 6 weeks ago with cancer, the tumor is in her ear. The vet did surgery but the tumor is growing back and now she has a second one as well. The vet doesn't recommend another surgery as she had a really hard time with the first one and another one would be very evasive including removing her ear and most of the side of her face. At this time she just has the two small tumors inside her ear, you can see them if the flap of her ear is back. At her 4 week check up there was only 1 tumor and now there are two. I can't afford to take her to an oncologist. I wish I had all the money in the world to get her more treatment but I just don't and have so much other debt already I can't take out another loan or anything. I've thought it thru and prayed very hard and I know in my head its just best at this point to let nature take its course. But my heart says that is giving up on her and she's never given up on me. It's like having a child with terminal cancer and not being able to do anything at all about it but just wait. Right now she is still eating and she plays with her toys some. it's not like she is just laying around doing nothing. The vet couldn't give me an estimate on time left. Can anyone please offer me some words of wisdom. Please good words and not words of condemnation, I don't think I could take it. Thanks in advance!