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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Here we go again…….snow again……..

Just like the rain that never seemed to end all of last Spring and Summer, this winter we have had one snowfall after another.  Recently we had a little break, we actually had almost a week  between snow falls, enough time that we were just about rid of the snow and down to grass in the yard……then we had snow again today.  Today’s snow was not supposed to amount to more than a couple of inches.  Hhhhmmmm, sure seems like about 6 or 7 inches to me.  The dogs are having a tough time, when they venture outside, the snow is definitly higher than their bellies.  This  makes it quite a challenge to run and play, but, they still seem to enjoy it!

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Friday, January 29th, 2010

Post op……..”Franken-dog”…….poor Stormy…….

Dr. Power said that Stormy’s surgery went well today.  She didn’t like the way the tumor looked, so she took really wide margins to be sure that it was all removed. It will take about a week to ten days for the pathology to come back, until then, all that we can do is pray that tumor is not something serious. Stormy is in a post anesthesia stupor tonight, he can hardly walk the poor boy.

We go back to see Dr. Power in 10 days to have his sutures removed, but, for now Stormy looks like Frankenstein.

"Franken-dog"

"Franken-dog"

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

We got some bad news today……

We met with the vet today; she was very concerned after examining Stormy.  She gave us the bad news that she did feel that he would have to have surgery as soon as possible.  We got everything set up and he is scheduled for surgery on Friday next week.

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

OH NO…..

Last night I discovered a good sized lump on Stormy’s neck  :-(   An ultrasound was done today  to see what it looked like, the ultrasound findings were a mixed bag of news.  Some OK findings and some…..well not so good…….

The bad news:  the mass is solid, it would have been nicer if it were cystic….perhaps even an abscess.  Also bad news, it has vascular flow too (not good….)

The good news: it seems well encapsulated, and the Doppler resistive index on the flow is high enough that there is a fair chance that it is not a malignant process. 

Next we have an appointment with the vet, I have no doubt it will have to come out ASAP! 

 

 

 

 

 

Ultrasound of the mass in Stormy's neck

Ultrasound of the mass in Stormy's neck