So Mama got the results. One of the lumps was benign, so that was good, even though that incision hurt the most. The other three were pretty much classified as "Grade 2/Low grade" and Dr. Ross talked to Mama about several options.
Mama chose to try chemotherapy with complementary supplements and diet change. So she has scheduled me to start chemo 7/14/16, after we get back from our annual family beach vacation. Dr. Ross said I could go on the beach if I want to. This is going to be expensive, but the GoFundMe drive will help and Mama will work it out. She just gets a little stressed sometimes. She says I'm the most expensive dog ever. But she says it with love. Tonight Mama tried something new and dried and ground up eggshells to put in my food so I could get some calcium because my vitamins haven't come in yet. It was yummy. She also added parsley to my dinner. Yummy. Off to vacation in two days. I'm going to focus on that. I love car rides.
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Okay I haven't done much in the last week or so because it has been a very busy time. Mama had to make some quick decisions and she chose to have me go to Dr. Ross and have surgery last Wednesday. I had four lumps removed. They were in my upper lip, lower jaw, left shoulder and right abdomen. It hurt. A lot. Dr. Ross sent Mama home with a lot of medication to help me stay comfortable and heal. But I don't like the medicine, or the Benadryl she's giving me again. So after a couple days, I decided I wasn't going to take it anymore. Now Mama is doing everything she can to help me take it, and I get canned chicken and dried liver at least three times a day. So it's not all that bad. Mama has also been cooking for me because until we get the results of the biopsies, she doesn't want me eating carbohydrates. "Cancer loves carbs" I hear her saying. Not only that but because it was "mast cell" cancer that they said I have, she is trying to reduce any allergic response as much as possible, hence the Benadryl.
Mama and Nana spent a lot of time last night doing research on things like bloodroot and quercertin and multivitamins. Mama wants to be ready to create a complimentary treatment plan to help me stay happy and healthy. She keeps saying "she's not ready to give up" when she thinks I'm sleeping. Mama gets scared sometimes. She's lonely a lot of the time even though we live with Nana and Pop-Pop and she has little V. She hugs me a lot when no one else hugs her. And she talks to me and she cries when only I can hear her. She says I'm the best doggy in the entire world and I'm as close as a cat as any doggy could be and I squint my eyes and pet her with my nose because she's the best Mama ever and as close to a dog as any person could be. I'm feeling okay, itchy and achy, but okay, so I guess we'll find out more when the vet calls. No idea when that will be but Mama keeps saying she hopes that the tumors were all "grade 1" and that means I've got a pretty good chance of staying healthy for a while. Mama did start the GoFundMe campaign to help and we did get a fair amount of donations, but there's still a ways to go and she could really use some help. Anyway, that's all for now. Wish me luck! Mama got the results of the poking test this afternoon. And she hasn't stopped crying yet.
She said it was a "mast cell tumor." Apparently that could be okay if it gets cut out completely early, but we don't know if this is early. I have a couple other lumps that we kind of have to think about now. Mama is waiting for a call back from the vet because the estimate is scary and everyone is worried about Mama's money. There isn't much of it and she's feeling really badly right now. I tried giving her kisses and she hugged me hard. I haven't seen her this upset in a while. No one knows what to do. This is a confusing day. |
AuthorAngel Heart Henry Williams is a rescued pink pibble who has gone from the streets of urban New Jersey, to the hills of horse country New Jersey. She has serious allergies and bad knees. Archives
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