Doggie Op - Part II

Jax is home from his surgery... he's still pretty out of it, going in and out of sleep. When the vet handed him to me, he was awake, but still limp. He had a collar on that prevented him from licking the area where the wound was... which is closed up with metal sutures. It looks pretty ugly... uglier than I had imagined. The fur all around the area is shaved off. He has a bandage around his leg where the IV was. Poor little guy. I have pain killers to give him later when the anesthesia has completely worn off.

The vet said that the symptoms that he's been having all seem to indicate Cushing's disease. It's not life-threatening in and of itself, but it can lead to more serious problems, such as diabetes, liver and kidney problems, and other things. Frequent urination and lack of bladder control are also symptoms, so that explains the accidents. There's a drug that he can take for it, but I get the feeling that it's expensive and the vet would like to see how he does for the next two weeks until we get the sutures taken out. Then, we'll talk more about it after that.

The main thing I'm worried about now, however, is whether or not the tumor that was just removed is malignant. The vet said it was a pretty aggressive, nasty one, so it is a possibility. We should get the results in about a week... I'm just trying not to think the worst until then.

Thanks for all your well wishes...