Monday November 19, 2007 Glory girl is having surgery today...
For folks like me who have pets instead of children, when something comes up with them and you have to take them to the vet, it can be a very stressful occasion. I'd guess it is probably the same with folks who have kids but since I don't have any myself, I'm just guessing. This Saturday, we took Glory (my 10 year old Harrier) to the vet to have a recently discovered mass on her back right leg examined. The vet was definitely worried about it and suggested that we have it removed immediately. So my girl is there today, having that mass removed + a small cyst under her front left paw pit (which we know is benign already) + a small cyst that Dr. B found next to her canine tooth during that Saturday exam.
Please say a little prayer for my girl and ask that she comes through with flying colors and has as little pain as possible during her recovery period.
UPDATE: 12:30 pm PT. Dr. B just called me, Glory is under anasthesia now and is doing fine. He's working on her teeth now and then will start removal of the leg mass and the cyst under her front left paw pit. Her lung X-Rays were clean so that's a very good sign that the mass on her leg hasn't gone beyond that location. Of course we won't know if it's cancerous or not until the pathology report comes back sometime next week.
UPDATE: 5:30 pm PT. Glory is back home very, very groggy. Dr. B is much more optimistic about the mass on her back leg than he was this weekend when he first saw it. The mass was between two muscles on her back leg and was completely encapsulated, meaning that it hadn't fingered into the muscle tissue. We'll know more next week when we get the biopsy reports back. Thank you very much for all of your prayers and good thoughts for our girl....
UPDATE: My girl did have cancer but now she's a survivor! She made it with flying colors through the surgery and now it's like we have a brand new dog. She's lost the extra pounds she was carrying and often acts like she's about 5 years younger than her actual age!! ( Nov 19 2007, 11:33:55 AM PST ) Permalink