 Charlie is having surgery tomorrow
Just curious if anyone has dealt with this issue...? I first noticed a growth on Charlie's foot, in between his toes(Charlie is 17 months old) last Thanksgiving. I took him to the emergency vet, because my vet was closed for the holiday. The emergency vet hospital sent us home with pain meds and x-rays that showed nothing of concern and suggested I follow up on Monday with my vet for a biopsy. Long story short, my vet was perplexed and started Charlie on antibiotics, antibiotic foot baths and more pain meds. The growth went down in
size, after a few weeks and Charlie stopped favoring it which made me think it wasn't hurting him anymore...? The vet has seen us every 2-4 weeks since November to monitor his foot. It would start to swell again sometimes and another round of antibiotics would make it shrink again....well, last week our vet said it was concerning to him that it would never go completely away and it was time to do a biopsy to make sure it wasn't cancer. We scheduled surgery for in the morning, he is so tiny they are having to amputate one maybe 2 toes, at a minimum. I am so worried and pray it is just a benign mass and after tomorrow it will be gone forever!! I am worried about how much pain he will be in after the surgery and how recovery will be for him without some of his toes...? And how long before he can walk well again...? Thankfully, I am a stay at home mom so I can be Charlie's full time nurse once I get him home again!!
I wish I knew how to post pictures, i would post what his foot looks like, but I dont know how to do that...?
I will post again tomorrow, after surgery, with an update. The vet told me it
could be around noon before they call me-but I will post as soon as I hear.
Please keep Charlie in your prayers tomorrow.
Thanks, Janice |