My lovely ginger boy has been really suffering with his mouth for the last 6 months.
He has a chronic inflammatory condition (like gingivitis) and has had surgery twice to remove benign masses and is on a cocktail of steroids and painkillers. Plus weekly vets visits. Sometimes his mouth bleeds from the inflammation.
It’s a really difficult condition to treat and he’s lost 20% of his body weight (over a kilo) as it’s painful for him to eat.
He’s a tough old boy and still appears to be enjoying life but I know he’s very good at masking pain.
A few weeks ago he did improve and started to put on weight. But it’s now worse than ever.
It feels like we might be approaching decision time. He’s 16 and the thought of his mouth being too painful to eat is breaking my heart.
The vet has offered some different drug combinations, and also discussed stopping. She has given us a week to think. I just want to do the best for him. He’s such a lovely boy.
Please can you help me think it through?