Let's Continue to Pray for Mattie and Her Family

Bonnie,

This touches home, over a month ago I took my pet dog Mattie who I have had for 12 years now, to the vet for an ear infection. While checking her ear the vet found a lump by her rectal. The vet suggested I take Mattie to a Specialist to get a second option but from what he felt, and x-rays there was nothing we could do for her and he really didn’t want to say anything till I took her to a Specialist. Well, I took her across the lake to Louisiana Veterinary Specialists Hospital and they ran test all day on my girl and sent off the biopsy to LSU for results. Three days later I got the results and yes, I was told she only had 3-6 months to live and there was nothing that could be done to remove the tumor or to treat it to make it go away.
All we could do is give Mattie something for inflammation so that she has no pain while going through this. This was probably the worst news Al and I have ever gotten as we think of Mattie as one of our children. Al and I brought Mattie last Tuesday for her 30 days check up to see if the tumor was growing faster or maybe had slowed down with the medication that we were giving her. Now keep in mind the medication CAN NOT MAKE THE TUMOR DISAPEAR NOR SHRINK THE TUMOR. The medication was just in hopes to buy us more time with Mattie by slowing down the tumor. Anyway, I had everyone and anyone praying for Mattie and at this point for Al and me and to give us strength to get through all of this. Well, the vet checked, and checked, without saying anything and I was getting so nervous that he was going to say it is now time to put her down as it has grown faster then we thought but instead he said “There must be some powerful prayers going on for this girl, because the tumor has shrunk to 1/3 the size of what it was 30 days ago”. Now, again we were not giving Mattie anything that could make the tumor shrink nor was there anything anyone could do. We had gotten 2nd. Options and even went as far as having the bio be sent to LSU for research….a little costly but I have pet insurance so it could have been worst.
It is nothing but a miracle that Mattie is better, the tumor has not gone away, and we go back in 30 days to see where we stand but for now it is 1/3 the size it was when they gave her 3-6 months and I am praying to have the six months so that she is here for this Christmas. Now I would not mind the illness go away and I have her here for a couple more years, but I do know that Mattie being 12 now doesn’t give her much more years…..and that I understand, I am just hoping to get through these last months with the holidays so that I can enjoy my time with her. I can so relate to the lost of a pet as we are so uncertain with Mattie right now and these pass months have been harder on Al and I then if we have lost a family member.

I just wanted to share the POWER OF PRAYER.



Take care