Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Surgery Day - Take 2

Sol

Today, is try number 2 for Sol mammary tumor surgery. I think this time will be a go. It has been days since she has had a coughing fit and she seems to be doing much better.

I will do my best to keep everyone updated. Thanks for all your well wishes!

Update (1:00 PM EST): Sol just went into surgery.

Update (2:45 PM EST): Sol is out of surgery and doing OK. The vet successfully removed the mammary tumors. They refer to them as a "chain" and the whole chain has been sent out for testing. We should get the results back in 7-10 days. The results will tell us the official name of the tumor, the prognosis and if the margins of the tumors are clean. Hoping for the best on that report. We also had Sol's teeth cleaned while she was under. They had to remove her last canine tooth, but in the grand scheme of things that is really nothing. We can pick her up after 5pm today. I will give another update on how she is feeling as soon as we get her back home. Thanks for all your support! We are on the road to recovery now!

Update (7:30 PM EST): Sol is back home and sleeping soundly. She is wiped out. Between the anesthesia, pain meds & the pain she is completely zoned out. The incision on her belly looks very tender, but is no where near as long as I thought it would be (I thought it would go farther up her chest). Right now, she is sleeping on a towel in the puff ball bed and seems very content there. I am going to go lay there with her and just watch some TV for the rest of the night. I will give a more thorough update in the morning. Although, I imagine that tomorrow's blog post will be a little late. Thanks again for all your well wishes. Each day will get better from here.