Recently my mother and I had to decide whether our 16-year-old dog required surgery. The need was clear, without going into too much detail he had a cancerous growth that had to be removed otherwise his quality of life would be severely impinged. Fairly straightforward right? Unfortunately these things rarely are. As a result of his age, he has kidney problems, a heart murmur and was unlikely to survive the surgery.
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