I would just let her live out the time she has left. She is getting old, and you have given her a great life while you've had her. I would not risk the surgery since you already know it didn't go well last time while she was under, it could make her weaker and possibly in more pain after surgery.
For me it's about doing what is humane and comfortable for the dog, not about what I want/what i want to do.
This is just my experience:
I had a dog who was hit by a car and the vet said that if we put him under they would only give him less than 20% chance of living because he may not handle being put under very well. So I decided to hold him for a half hour and say goodbye and chose to have him put to sleep because I know he would be put out of his pain and suffering. Now could he have survived surgery maybe, but very unlikely. So I chose to do what would make him more comfortable and what felt more humane. He could have been in pain for a day or two after surgery and then died... that is not how I wanted it to go and I was not willing to take the chance of putting him through the extra pain for an extra day or two with him if he was going to be miserable. I cried and cried over it for almost a month and half before I found two little mutts that seemed to be a blessing in disguise, I named one after my dog that died and the funny thing is he had the same exact temperment/personality as him. |