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Old Dec 09, 2016, 12:17 PM
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I have a shitzu that developed an abcess and it's between his ear and his jaw and it's an area that has been troubling him off an on for a while now. I was given antibiotics for it and he has had ongoing ear infections that I can't get rid of but have done my best to keep cleaning and treating. The vet drained the abcess but it keeps filling up and I have to put hot cloths on it so the place the vet opened opens up again where the fluid oozes out.

The vet talked about me having my shitzu go through having anethesia to have his teeth done and because he has a heart murmer and is now nearing 15 years old, I am afraid that having that done may end up killing him, as I did have a friend that experienced that. Also, the vet told me it would cost me between $800 and $1,200 and I don't have that kind of money. That triggers me because when so many of my ponies/horses suffered so many injuries from my neighbor's dog, I did not have enough money or credit to have them all treated the way I had wanted/needed/they should have been examined.

One of my big challenges is how I suffered losing ones I really loved, and while I do love what I have left what I struggle with is the emotional suffering I will experience when the time comes where I will lose another or have to euthanize which is something I hate having to do. Now it's so much harder because of the loss I suffered and how I somehow missed the signs where if I had only known I could have prevented, it's just so hard to figure out how to find a way in my mind to let go of that.
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