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DeVon and Amber, I'm so sorry.

I've been thinking that since Dr. Couto first said it was a plasmacytoma and they disagreed.....

Awesome news!!

I asked both my vet's office and the surgical specialty center (I think I called it a compression sweater tho), and they didn't know what I was talking about. I will ask again tomorrow. Thanks! They're also called "stump shrinkers" (for people, at least). Sending good thoughts & white light for Nadia!

Praying for Jack....

My vet ordered Tylenol with codeine for Magic years ago - he had hemangiosarcoma of the bone, and only wound up taking it for a few days before he went to the bridge. I don't think I'd give tylenol to a dog who wasn't terminally ill and in pain. Hope Alan is feeling better!

Praying for poop here in NJ! I almost went through the same thing a few months ago with Stephanie, when she ate a giant 2-1/2 lb. Costco bag of mixed dried fruit. When I saw the xray of her stomach filled with fruit, I almost fainted. Luckily for us, everything "came out all right in the end". that it's the same for Sheila, too!

How is Rudy today?

Sending hugs and prayers.

I'm so sorry...

Hang in there, Robin! At least he's eating a little something.... Hope you get some answers soon - it must be so frustrating & scary!! The vet gave my cat Stinky IV Valium to stimulate his appetite when he wasn't eating. He started eating IMMEDIATELY after the dose was given - it was like a miracle. She told me it only works for cats, for some reason, not dogs.

We grey owners are so lucky to have OSU as a resource! I'm just sorry that you & Monty need to use them. But I'm glad to hear he's feeling good!

Good news!

I agree 100%! Even though I was one of the original advice-givers . But the bland diet you've come up with got the vet's ok, and he's got his meds to take, so just relax & go with the flow for a while.

I'll be thinking of you & Wayne and praying for the best possible outcome!!

I'm so sorry. Rest well, little Tigger.

Keeping you & Wayne in my thoughts with !

They gave us a prescription for the Zofran for Angel LaceyLaine...it was over $700.00 at CVS pharmacy...I'm like you are kidding me...give me the script back and I will drive the distance to Costco. I just went to CVS as it was closer. We get Fred's Zofran at Costco for his chemo weeks...just for the record...it is only $30 something for the generic Zofran at Costco...I am sure it is probably the same at Sams and if you aren't a member...you don't have to be to use the pharmacy. The Zofran really helps... Sending more prayers...Angel LaceyLaine is watching over. Karen, this is who I was talking about in my PM! Thanks for the info, Patricia! I knew someone had mentioned cheap zofran a while ago, but I couldn't remember who it was.

Will he eat the A/d by itself? Maybe something about the ID kibble is turning him off to it. And I agree with Batmom re: I/D canned vs. kibble. The kibble I would think would be more for maintenance, once he's eating ok and not in acute distress.

I wouldn't go with the freezing, either, for the simple fact that it seems they'd be more likely to get the whole thing & leave clean margins with surgery. This is just my own personal observation, but it just looks too smooth & well defined to be a malignant melanoma (as they generally present in humans - kind of ugly & misshapen). that it's benign!!!

He's pooping, so that's a good sign that the GI tract isn't blocked, BUT: Just to cover all the bases, I'd probably go with the xray & ultrasound, too. I don't know if they do endoscopy/colonoscopy for dogs, but that would be done with a person. Maybe an option? Have they tested for occult blood in the stool? If he's got a small bleed high up in the GI tract, it wouldn't necessarily change the color of the stool (black stool - high bleed; frank red blood in stool: low bleed)

Good idea - you can use a bulb syringe, or a little regular syringe, too (they sell them at the drugstore - they're usually near the pill boxes, pill splitters, etc.) Or they might have something like them at the petstore for syringe-feeding. The A/D can be syringe-fed, and the baby food is just the right consistency for that too. If you do it, try to aim toward the side pocket of the mouth, not straight down the throat. It's pretty messy & time-consuming (just for me to get enough into a cat took forever), but it does get the food into them, and they usually don't overtly fight it. Seems like once the food's in their mouths, they're glad to have it and swallow.

Robin, why don't you ask your vet for a couple of cans of A/D and see if he'll eat that? It's super-high calorie & nutrition, for animals with chronic illness/cancer, but they're not supposed to be able to resist it, from what I've heard. My cat Stinky was on it for a while when he was sick. It's almost like a paste or puree, and Beau would be able to lap it right up. Maybe if he got started eating that, it would jump-start his appetite for other things. Don't forget to not feed within an hour each way of giving the carafate.