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Doing fine. Frannie went in for her revision and the margins are clear. They said no special diet, no chemo, no nothing except to bring her in every three months or so just to check and maybe do ultrasounds and x-rays just to see if there's anything brewing in there. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that no more of those bright red spots start popping out on her abdomen again. Good thing out of all this - I lost 6 lbs. in the past month....dog stress! Thanks for asking. Love that old boy up and look at it this way - you have one less nail to trim now!!

Yahoo for NO cancer!!! And he'll do just fine without that toe. Rest easy now mama and enjoy that sweet old man.

Well, let's face it folks, a lot of us are going to be pooping our pants eventually. I just hope we've got the patience of someone that is willing to care for us and overlook it like Mork's mom is doing. As long as he's happy and loving life, what the heck is a little poop? !!! We used to have unexpected poop here 4-5 times a day. It even got to the point that our girl would be laying on her bed sound asleep and her tail would twitch - then we knew, here comes another one!! Gotta love it.

A beautiful tribute for another sweet one gone... The love of the greyhound will be with us forever and ever. Once they creep into our hearts, there's no looking back.

Our first girl lived to be 14 and towards the end, her rear was very weak. She was on pred. for her IBD and had been for years so that added to her muscle wasting too. She was a proud old girl though, and a fighter. She was on a home cooked diet and was eating 15 cups a day and that meant a LOT of poopin'. This might sound a little funny to some, but we actually had to hold a paper plate underneath her while she ate because more times than not, that poop just couldn't stay in there. It's hard when they start to age, but we just do the best we can to help them and love them all the more for trying so hard to stay with us. Sweet wishes for your boy. I know how difficult it can be.

Good wishes for your boy. He'll be just fine without that stinky toe to bother him anymore. I know you're worried but he'll soon be home and on the mend. We had a male years ago that was missing a toe when we adopted him. Didn't hinder him at all. Also had a sweet male that was on pheno and bromide for seizures. Every time he had to have anything done I worried about him seizing because of the stress. He never did. He always came through everything with flying colors. He'll be just fine.

Just be a temporary injury that can be easily fixed Moonbeam so your mama won't have to worry so much... Prayers for a good outcome.

I just started giving our girl bully sticks because no matter what we do, she has horrendous teeth. Not tarter, just a dark film that she gets on them. It's working. Little by little it's starting to scrape the film away. I let her chew one for about 2 hours every other day. No rawhides here though - our first girl almost choked to death on one, and our second girl cracked a tooth and had to have it pulled and a bone graft put in after chewing on a Nylabone.

Switch vets now!! She sounds uncaring and not really interested in the greyhound breed. I have no trust in vets like that. Go with your gut and find someone else.

I'm so very sorry for you Trudy and Jeff. What a beautiful girl she was. She lived a good long life because of you and left you both with beautiful memories. My wish is that we should never have to be left with memories, my wish is that none of them would ever have to leave. Rest well now sweetheart.

Yeah, I suppose I better take the legal road and just imagine it. Aaaaacck anyway. Needless to say, I'm changing vets. She'll be going to the U of M for all her vetting now.

Yeah, I'm done beating myself up now . Just got home from the oncologist. They need to do another biopsy. Seems there wasn't enough surrounding tissue to declare it clean margins with the first one. Plus the fact that the ultrasound we had done last week was supposed to be sent to the specialist to read today - they never got it. I'm done beating myself up....not to say I wouldn't like to do it to someone else....

Thank you Jey, you're always the first one to offer comforting advice.

In January I took her into our vet because she had some bright red spots on her abdomen that I was kind of concerned about. She looked at them and didn't now what they were so she took a picture of them and sent it to a dermatologist. Two days later she called and said that they both recommended to just watch them. I watched them. In February at her annual checkup she looked at them again. All had disappeared except one, about the size of a dime. Again she said to just keep an eye on it. I did. About three weeks ago it started changing color and had a 'bullseye' ring around it underneath the skin. I took her back in again. She looked at it and said "this is probably something that will never go away". At that point I asked if maybe a biopsy might not be in order. She said fine and did one the same day. Seven days later the biopsy results came in - Stage II cutaneous vascular endothelial neoplasm Ultrasound and x-rays were done. All was clear so far. We're seeing the oncologist at the University of Minnesota on Tuesday. I didn't go with my gut feeling. I didn't want to seem like a know it all to my vet in the beginning and tell her to do a biopsy right away. I trusted her knowledge. My trust has let the most precious greyhound we've ever had down and with everything I've read about this disease, we might have her for another year - maybe.

Rest well pretty girl. Run like crazy in those cute little booties at the Rainbow Bridge!

Lovely, lovely boy. Rest well beautiful one.

I think it's especially hard when something like this happens and in the end, we never get any reason for it. You were the best mom in the world for Neko. You loved him with all your heart and tried everything you could. It doesn't make his leaving any easier, I know. Your pretty little fawn boy will be at your side forever now, watching over his mama that did tried so hard to make him well. Rest well now sweetheart. All of us on Greytalk have a little piece of our hearts missing now too.

Crap.... I've been patiently waiting (for about 2 years now) for Interceptor to be available again. Guess I can quit holding my breath now. Another trusted product unavailable...

Good thoughts for your mama Meana. Beautiful girl!

Oh no.... You poor girl, after all you both went through to keep him going. I am so very, very sorry for you. I was so hoping for a good update today, that he was still doing ok and maybe even getting better. I just don't know what to say to make things better. This has just been a heartbreaker for so long. You did good for your boy. You tried everything you could and knew when to let him go. Rest well now sweet boy. You were a fighter until the end and we all here on GT love you. Just how sad......

Sweetness...he's got his friend back. Hoping you have a nice, quiet weekend with no vet visits! Rest up now Neko and keep getting stronger.

This news sounds so promising, I sure hope it continues for him. His appetite is back and he's feeling better. That's a wonderful sign. Keep fighting Neko!!

This will work... This will work... Keep getting better and better Neko - you can fight this!!

Another beautiful star will be shining brightly in the sky tonight, looking down on a mama that loved him dearly. Rest well sweet boy.

Praying that this will be the miracle cure for your boy. He's a fighter, and so are you. I can't even begin to tell you how much we all wish this could be turned around. Happy birthday sweet girl, you both deserve so much more...