Thank you all for your hugs, good thoughts and prayers. 'We' are home from the vet- me and Missy, too! He listened to her heart and lungs and thumped her sides. She is full of cancer- both internally and the obvious lumps under her skin and on her beautiful face. Missy is very large for a female Golden- she weighs 73 lbs. even with the cancer. He said it is a tribute to her and I that a dog her size lived past 10 years old. She will be thirteen in December. She is now on borrowed time. It is a day to day thing and she is surviving on love against the odds. She is still fairly active, alert and playful and eating well, so we can hope for some additional time together. She was prescribed prednisone- the thinking is that she may have some inflammation in her nasal passages and this may ease her breathing difficulties. If it doesn't work then we will resort to pain meds for as long as she can continue having a reasonable quality of life
Thank you, Lxxd, for prayers answered.
Leslie, Missy and The Furbabies in MO.