The week before Thanksgiving our 10 year old, 80 lb. male Pal, wouldn't walk on his rear right leg. He kept holding it up. Our regular Vet was on vacation so one of the other Vets in the office looked at him. She took an X-ray and found a mass on the top of his Tibia. She said given his age and being a greyhound it's probably cancer and we might consider taking the leg off. She forwarded his X-rays to Dr. Couto for his opinion. We had to wait for Dr. Couto because of the holiday but he came back and said it looked like cancer and we might want to take the leg. We scheduled the amputation for today but when our regular vet saw him he was surprised that Pal was walking perfectly normal on the leg. We told him that since he has been on the anti-inflammatory and pain pills he has been fine. He walks and plays like he always did. We try to tone it down, expecially inside, but he still wants to play.
Well the Vet wanted to take another X-ray of the leg to see it again and if there was any change. There is a mass on the outside of Pal's tibia(it was on the first X-ray also), which our Vet found curious. We dicided to do a biopsy to see what it is. With the biopsy we will at least definitely know what we are dealing with. It was kind of hard to decide to chop the leg off just because he is old and a greyhound. We should know the results by Tuesday. It doesn't look good but at least we will know what we are dealing with.
