Thank you so much for your kind words Marianne! I do believe he is right around 18 or so. Very old! I obviously don’t want anything to happen to him but at this point I am at complete peace (well, as much as you can be) with it. He’s lived such a long and joyous life that I really feel like it’s just nature at this point. Unfortunately none of us can live forever, which has been a hard lesson I’ve learned as I’ve grown older. I skipped his dose for today and he seems normal and better than yesterday (pre carprofen). I’ll give it to him tomorrow just to see if I haven’t been making things up, haha.
He is due for another test in 4 weeks if I keep giving him the medicine. We all know the testing sucks and I feel bad for him but I think the people at the vet are really nice and it’s not too bad. That new test does sound interesting. I wonder if my vet would go for it and how much less it is. I’ll have to talk with him about what’s going on and see what we can do. I guess I’m gonna have a lot of questions for him like maybe would giving it at night help? Would I be allowed to give it every other day? Maybe a half dose? Maybe continue with the carprofen? I dunno.
Either way, you have been so helpful and nice and I always appreciate that! We honestly thought he wouldn’t make it past 15-16 so I’m pretty pleased lol. My father likes to joke that he’s been living these last few years with a free pass haha. Well, have a nice day and thank you again!