Tuesday, October 25, 2011

After Surgery Day 11



My mommy was giving me a belly rub when she realized that I had no hair on my belly! I forgot to tell her that the vet shaved my belly yesterday when they did ultrasound. She said that I look funny without hair because I'm so hairy everywhere else.

I'm feeling much stronger and my scar is almost totally healed. It started to itch a lot, so I've been using the side of my crate to rub against it because I can't lick it due to my lampshade. The darn lampshade!! My mommy is putting some cream on it so it doesn't itch as much, but I'd rather lick it or bite it to make it feel better.

Monday, October 24, 2011

After Surgery Day 10



Today was the day that I went in to get my staples removed. They also did ultrasound on my tummy to make sure that I did not have any other tumors inside of me. Good news! They looked at my inside organs and saw that everything was tumor free! Whoohoo! I am a cancer survivor, just like my daddy! We both have battle scars too. He has his on his torso, and I have mine on my leg.

My mommy is going to change my diet too so that I'm not eating the bad commercial dog foods anymore. Did you know that most dog foods are grain based because it's cheap, but that's what tumors eat and thrive on? So, if you are feeding your dog commercial dog foods, please check the first 3 ingredients to make sure that they are NOT grain based (wheat, corn, flour, etc). You can also check here to see a rating of your dog food. http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/brand/

As you can see, I still have my dreaded lampshade on. The doctor said that I still needed to keep 5 more staples in for 4 more days, so I have to continue to wear this thing on my head. Can I say how much I hate this thing?! But, thanks to my stickers, at least I'm styling!

Friday, October 21, 2011

After Surgery Day 7



I can't believe that it's been a whole week since I've had my surgery. It's also only been 2 weeks since my mom first discovered my little cyst. Life sure can change in just a few days.

My vet called and said that the biopsy came back with the result being Stage 2 with clean margins. That means that my vet did a good job of taking out the mast tumor and the margins were clean with no bad cells being detected. Hopefully, the tumor is all gone and it won't hurt me anymore. Maybe that's why I started vomiting early in the mornings that week. My mom thought that I was just hungry and that was causing me to barf bile in the mornings. It could be that the tumor was causing my stomach to produce more acids.

The staples are still there and it itches like crazy now. I've been trying to get at it, but my lampshade keeps blocking me. I've learned to use my crate to stretch and use leverage to try to reach my scar, but It's still a little bit too far away. Darn you, lampshade!

One good thing that my lampshade can do is hold my monkey for me. Look mom, no hands!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

After Surgery Day 2



So it's been 2 days since my mast tumor surgery, and I'm feeling much better. This morning, I woke up and I had more energy. I was finally able to poop this morning, which is good because I guess the anesthesia made me constipated for 2 days. But, I pooped again in the afternoon and it was diarrhea. My dad had to clean me up. Sorry, dad. I then pooped this evening, so I'm a pooping machine!

My mom says that my scar looks clean, so that's good. I've also been taking Pepcid AC at night and I haven't been vomiting in the morning ever since. I still hate my lampshade and it's hard for me to move around without bumping into things. My mom put some stickers on my lampshade so at least I've accessorized! 10 more days until I get my stitches out. I can't wait!

Friday, October 14, 2011

Cyst = Mast Tumor



The vet said that the tests came back saying my cyst is a mast tumor, so he suggested getting it surgically removed. My surgery was today and they took out my cyst. They made me go to sleep during the surgery.

After I woke up, I had this lampshade on my head that I hate. It makes me look like a conehead and I bump into things. My scar looks ugly and they even shaved some hair off of me. I have to have the lampshade on my head for 2 weeks. Sigh.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

A Cyst

Yesterday, I was licking my left outside thigh area and my mommy came over to see why I was licking so much. When she looked, she found a big bump, like a big pimple thingie on my skin. It's pretty big and she called it a cyst. She took me to the vet where they stuck a needle into it to make sure that it's not dangerous. It hurt when they put the needle in there and it made it bleed. The vet gave me lots of treats and I showed her my bunny trick and she was very impressed. I hope my bump is not too bad :(