Today was the day. I got to the clinic and C.B. Goins was with me. Thank God or I would have lost it. Rusty has a host of serious problems and the vet said that in his opinion there would be no point in surgery. He said that it would give Rusty pain and that the quality of time would be not good at all. He gave Rusty 3 weeks to 3 months to live and told me to take him home and spoil him rotten. The surgery would have done no good. C.B. knows more about the things that are terribly wrong with Rusty. The vet talked to us at length about the problems and some of it was over my head but I got the jist of it. Troy Lynn suggested my vet call hers tomorrow when I go to pick Rusty up and bring him home. She suggested mentioning to the vet about aspirating the lumps. My vet thinks it is both kidneys but TLE mentioned something else it could be. I am beside myself. This is devastating to me. Rusty was grooming himself today and so sweet when I cuddled him in my arms. The vet said everyone in the office fell in love with him. Please keep him in your prayers because it is going to be tough as hell to bring him home and watch him go downhill to the point where I will have to send him on his way to the bridge. To all of you who prayed for him and sent cards, how can I ever thank you enough? I need you all so much. I could not make it otherwise. [Posted in FML issue 3853]