. "1"^^ . "My parents took their yellow lab, Sam, to Dr. Pederson last spring when he wouldn't put weight on his back leg. She diagnosed arthritis (without taking an x-ray) and prescribed medication. Three months later (in August), they took him back when he wasn't any better. This time she X-rayed and saw the cancer tumor and immediately scheduled him for amputation of the leg. I live out of state and told my parents to expect the vet to want Sam to start chemo after the amputation. Dr. Pederson never mentioned chemo to them. I begged them to go to another vet, knowing that Sam's bone cancer would spread to his lungs and kill him in 3-4 months otherwise. They trusted Dr. Pederson (also, my dad was going through chemo at the time so they were preoccupied with his health). I visited Las Vegas for Thanksgiving and on the day I arrived, Mom told me Sam had stopped eating. My dad took him to Dr. Pederson the next day. She told him that Sam had an infection but was \"cancer-free\". She sold him some expensive dog food. Sam still would not eat. The next day I called Dr. Pederson and asked her if she wanted to do a chest x-ray. She said no because Sam wasn't gasped for air enough. I spoke to my mom and she agreed to take Sam to another vet that same day. The second vet did a chest x-ray which showed 30 metastatic cancer tumors in Sam's lungs. Sam was put to sleep on the Saturday after Thanksgiving."^^ . "1"^^ . "3"^^ . . . "1"^^ . "2015-01-02T00:00:00"^^ .