THE LUMPS ARE NOT CANCER!! I had myself convinced that I didn’t care what the report said but when I heard the vet’s voice on the phone I realized I was lying. Usually one of the techs call to check on her so I knew the pathology had come back. He immediately said no cancer so a weight was lifted. What the pathology did show an autoimmune disease. He rattled off the name and there’s zero chance of me remembering it. He compared it to lupus in humans. Her immune system is working too good so it’s turning on itself so that is what caused the 2 lumps on her shoulder and her remaining hip. We go Monday for staple removal so I will have my list of questions ready for him ( if anyone has any suggestions please let me know) The big one is if this is the reason I’m here. It would be great to know what caused her to lose her leg. Of course I googled it and since I don’t have the name there’s quite a few but it looks like she will have a diet change and need medication. Of course it’s rare ( our vet can’t remember the last time he’s treated a patient with this) and from what I’ve read most vet’s will only see a couple cases in their careers. I haven’t been in the forums here yet but I will be! I’m very happy we decided to not breed her since she could’ve past it to her puppies. I will update once we go in and I can get the name
Reign is healing up beautifully. Shes back to being a crazy lady terrorizing the house. She feels it’s time for the staples to come out and has managed to remove 3 of them herself. I think she knows she can’t sleep in the big bed until they are out and she really loves amd misses her memory foam! She tried to jump on the couch and almost made it! She always uses her ramp so I was shocked she did it. That shows she doesn’t realize/care that the leg is gone.
YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!! 🙂 YAAAAAAAAAY!!! 🙂 Reign, you are one ruff and tuff and very UNIQUE Doxy Dog!!!
HUGE sigh of relief going on over here!!
And HUGE smiles going on over here each time I keep scrolling back up to look at the ADORABLE picture of you and Reese! Absolutely precious!!
Reign, hod up taking your stitches out, okay! You’ll be sleeping in your bed Monday night…and we want pictures!!
It’ll be interesting seeing what’s going on with her immune system. Once you get the name, maybe you can post in the forums under “Ask A Vet”.
Once you get the name, maybe you could do a consult with a Holistic Vet and see if there are alternative ways to boost her immune system.
Thanks for the update! Such a relief!!!
Hugs and love to all!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
I feel like an idiot for not catching the name lol. He said it 3 or 4 times and my brain was just refusing to retain it. I think I was just so focused on it not being cancer.
Thank you for telling me where to post in the forums cause I didn’t have a clue what category this would fall into
Someone here suggest I video the important parts of the consult. Best suggestion ever! I would even take notes and, within three minutes of leacing, Id still be completely confused on what the vet said!
Plis, it gives you another reason to video that cute Reign and share here!
Sooolo glad Reign is doing so well!!
So happy to share in your good new Reign! Looking great beautiful girl! Great to see your buddy Reece too!