… because I now have to consider the last two options for Max (shelter, and if that does not work out, then euthanasia).

I and many others have spent weeks exploring all options to make sure it does not come to that.

I don’t wish bad things on (most) other people, but I really think all those who are so judgemental should try, for just one day – not weeks – to know what the chaos of receiving a cancer diagnosis, worrying about what is going to happen to one’s dog, and facing major surgery on a date coming ever closer, and an uncertain future after that.

Just one day, and feel the sense of desperation, dread and anxiety it causes, and how it makes it impossible to focus on anything else. Not to mention the immense sadness which has to be put to one side and dealt with later.