From The Past: July 30, 2007

Mom went to the doctor today, so here is the update:

* This Wednesday she is having a CAT scan to check and see if there is still a mass in her stomach and also, to look at her bowels.

* All of her blood counts are high enough so she does not have to wear a mask while in public. Also, she can eat whatever she wants.

* This Friday she will be readmitted to the cancer center for another round of chemotherapy. She will be there until Tuesday or Wednesday. If Kevin is still getting very little fluid from her Denver Cather, they will remove this when she goes in on Friday.

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Now for an update on Guido:

He finished taking the steroid, but Kevin took him back to the vet today because his ear was red and because he had some sort of growth right by his armpit.

The vet said he has an ear infection, which we suspected. She gave us some ear drops to take care of that. She referred to the growth as a skin tumor. She said there is only a 10% chance it will go away on its own.

So, he is scheduled to have it removed on August 15th. It will be $70 to have it removed and another $60 to have it sent to a lab for testing. We will definitely be sending it for testing. They will only use a local anesthesia and not actually make him go to sleep because the risk of complications is higher for Pugs when they put them to sleep. The vet also said that Guido has such a good nature, they will just hold him during the procedure.

This is a picture showing his skin tumor:

I feel very bad for him. He’s just a baby.