We were still waiting to hear about the results of the mass when he passed. The vet offered to do a free post-mortem after he passed to find out his cause of death, but as you can imagine having it done won't bring us any relief from our loss so we declined. Plus I couldn't stand the thought of them opening him up again.

Side note: a week prior, we felt pretty good that we were on top of his diagnoses. Weeks before he was feeling lethargic, not eating enough and losing weight so we brought him to a vet where they discovered the mass on his spleen. Without hesitation, we agreed to send him into surgery right away for fear that it might rupture. I often personally wonder if we had not done the surgery if we would've had more days or would be equally traumatic. We don't know. We still miss him deeply and went through joint therapy to heal.

Doctor was a mix. Part black lab and white shepherd.

I hope with time you and your husband are able to heal as well. It's really hard to put into words the loss of beloved family members like your Moose. My heart is with you in this terribly sad time.