Alayne brought blind Cedar home from the vet hospital in Helena this morning. He'd been there for several days, after having a tumor on his chest removed. In the photo Alayne is pulling his skin up so you can see where the surgery was, just below her hand. I thought the surgery site would be much more noticeable and extend up along his ribcage, but you can't really notice it because it's all underneath.
We are still waiting on the biopsy report ... all we know at this point is that it was NOT a harmless fatty tumor, the kind you typically see sprouting on older dogs. But we don't know what kind of tumor. For now we're just hoping for the best.
Cedar was SO thrilled to come home to the ranch. He was just smiling and almost dancing. He's such a sweet, loving, happy boy. You can read his original story here.
On the subject of cancer, our UPS driver dropped off today our latest shipment of dexamethasone, a corticosteroid we're using to treat lymphosarcoma in our blind horse Chance and in our old mule Lonesome George. Because of the quantity we go through, our vet orders it for us by the case. This supply should last several months.
Fortunately we do not have to inject Chance and George with it. We give it to them orally every other day by squirting it into their mouths with a syringe (minus the needle, of course!). It's bitter tasting and neither one looks forward to what we call "dex day," but it's sure a lot better than having to inject them.
Cedar has the best smile. Keep us posted on the biopsy results.
Posted by: Leigh | November 17, 2005 at 07:06 PM
Cedar has the best smile. Keep up posted on the biopsy results.
Posted by: Leigh | November 17, 2005 at 07:05 PM
Cedar, sending kisses and hugs to you!
Posted by: Roz | November 17, 2005 at 11:44 AM