Naturally

Nothing can be straightforward, can it?! The radiologist found a slight abnormality on Attley's lung x-ray which could either be a cancer nodule or the overlapping of two blood vessels. If its a cancer nodule, we probably wouldn't go ahead with amputation or chemo since dogs respond poorly to treatment once they've gone that far. We'd just work on pain management and, when the time came, euthanasia. He'd likely be gone from us in a month or 2 at most. However, if it is just two overlapping bloodvessels, then he's a very good candidate for full treatment (and could likely be with us for over a year, possibly 2). So it was recommended that we do a cat scan, at an additional $900! We really can't make a decent decision without it so we're going ahead with it. He's scheduled for Thursday for the cat scan and, on the assumption that his lungs are still clear, he'll have the amputation on Friday, come home with 3 legs on Saturday.

God must be trying to teach me something through all of this but I'm not quite sure what it is yet.