Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Cheers! Here's to ears!

What a long day!  We are all beat in the Williams house.

This morning, Mama said that we would be going to a new doctor, Dr. Kane.
 

"We're going to ANOTHER vet?"


I think Mama was a little nervous and that made me nervous.  I started to feel not so good, and oops!  I got sick in our new car.  I felt really bad, but Mom didn't make a big deal of it.

Dr. Kane is an oncologist at Blue Pearl, formerly Florida Veterinary Specialists.  Here he is:
http://florida.bluepearlvet.com/curtis-kane/

I still wasn't feeling great, so I didn't really want to meet anyone new.

Dr. Kane seemed very nice, and he recommended that I get an ultrasound (WHAT?  Boy dogs don't get pregnant!) to get a staging done.  He said, "Staging isn't a prognosis but rather to see how aggressively we need to treat the cancer."  So Mom said that would be ok.  Dr. Kane said that the radiologist wouldn't be in until about 12:00, so my Mama left me there at the clinic for the WHOLE DAY!  I didn't even get to say goodbye!

Meanwhile, Maddy was at home wondering why she didn't get to go on a field trip.
 

Mama had to teach the rest of the day, so she didn't get to pick me up until 4:30 and we didn't leave until 5:00- that's almost SUPPERTIME!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEBFdHJIl-Y
 
Dr. Kane started out by saying that there was a little fatty material around my pancreas, and that it probably isn't pancreatitis, but it could account for me puking in the car this morning.  I have a fatty pancreas?  Anyway, I might have to eat bland food like rice for a couple of days if I puke again. 
 
Then he said that the radiologist found NO abnormalities in my abdomen or lymph nodes.  (Mom knew that that was REALLY GOOD.)  So I guess the only tumor is the little one on my ear.  Dr. Kane would like to use the tumor as a way to measure the effectiveness of the chemo rather than lop off my ear.  So that means... I GET TO KEEP MY EAR!!!  (for now, anyway!)  Mom asked what number stage that means, and he said that it would be a Stage 1- if they took the tumor off, I'd be Stage 0!  But I still have to go on chemo to try to shrink the tumor and so no more yucky tumors come back. 
 
Maddy was sad all day- Mom went home to clean up the car and Maddy was crying.  Funny, when we got back, Mama tried to get a video, but this was Maddy's response:
I SWEAR she was kissing me all over to the point that I had to yell at her.  Can't a guy just get a drink of water without little sisters!??
 
Mom didn't notice until we got home that they shaved my belly!  How embarassing.  What a day.
I am ready to take a serious nap, but first, Mama thought that we should celebrate- she thought today was going to be a lot worse.  I -love- it when she lets me lick the beer bottle!
So CHEERS!  Here's to my ears!  Mama is tired, so she ordered Chinese food and this is what our fortune said:
Isn't that the truth?  Have a great night, everyone!  ROOOOOOOOOO!
 


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