bradymom Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 ^ This ^ We do the best we can with the info we've got. You're all doing your best to get good info. Sending many, many good thoughts. I have you and Zuri are in my thoughts and prayers today. I so agree with Kudzu . Quote The handsome boy Brady, mid-morning nap. The sun, the sun feels so, so, so good. I can't keep my eyes open ... ... Retirement agrees ... ... and the Diva Ms India, 2001 - 10/16/2009 .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmc333 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I am so hoping for good news, whatever that would be. I'm sure you're frustrated and impatient, but you are doing your best and that's all anyone can do. White light for you and Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeylasMom Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) They are waking him up now. CT showed much clearer signs of the lesion in the left leg, including into the something something part of the bone (corticosomething - basically the hard part) so basically osteo. I opted not to do the biopsy in light of that, but forgot to ask if they were able to get the needle in for an FNA so hoping they did. The right shoulder and rest of the bony areas they looked at looked good. They do not think he has bone lesions elsewhere, including the right shoulder. However, his spleen was huge. Like apparently very very large and u-shaped and pushing other organs around. We did an ultrasound in April of last year because of his drinking/peeing and the only finding was that his spleen was enlarged, but not like this (though vet said sedation can increase size of spleen temporarily). The internist at the time discouraged biopsy as she felt strongly that his symptoms were stress related and they do seem to have been based on us being able to resolve them for the most part. So all of this to say, I okayed them doing a few FNAs of his spleen. I'm not remembering everything, but she did say there wasn't one large mass, it was more nodular (points less to hemangio) and that if it were hemangio that had spread, we would expect to see the cancer in primarily a different part of the bone and probably in a different location. So a lot is still up in the air. Spleen could be benign, or he has weird presentation of hemangio (please dear God no) or he has 2 different cancers. So...more waiting. Holiday weekend, no spleen results until Tuesday at least. We're going to do a Zoledronate treatment before we leave in the meantime to hopefully address his pain for now. Edited May 26, 2016 by NeylasMom Quote Jen, CPDT-KA with Zuri, lab in a greyhound suit, Violet, formerly known as Faith, Skye, the permanent puppy, Cisco, resident cat, and my baby girl Neyla, forever in my heart "The great thing about science is that you're free to disagree with it, but you'll be wrong." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmc333 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Jen, not sure if that sounds good or not, but thinking of you and Zuri And why does everything have to happen around a long weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeylasMom Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 It's not great. The left shoulder bone tumor was expected although receiving confirmation still really sucks. No other signs of bone cancer elsewhere is definitely good. The spleen is bad. Obviously how bad depends on the path results, but anything cancerous is going to influence our treatment plan. Even if it's benign, I'm not sure huge giant spleen is great as presumably it's going to keep growing. Quote Jen, CPDT-KA with Zuri, lab in a greyhound suit, Violet, formerly known as Faith, Skye, the permanent puppy, Cisco, resident cat, and my baby girl Neyla, forever in my heart "The great thing about science is that you're free to disagree with it, but you'll be wrong." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Splenic enlargement is common after receiving induction agents (esp ketamine) and ghs have huge spleens normally-so hopefully that's all it is. Lungs clear? I'm sorry -this sucks. F'n OSA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chickenpotpie Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (hugs) because this is really rough. I'm sorry you're dealing with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeylasMom Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Splenic enlargement is common after receiving induction agents (esp ketamine) and ghs have huge spleens normally-so hopefully that's all it is. Lungs clear? I'm sorry -this sucks. F'n OSA Thanks. She mentioned the spleen enlargement from those, but said this was too huge for just that. When he had the u/s he was not anesthetized so we do know he had some enlargement already back then. I'm working on getting the radiology report from back then in case it's helpful. Yes, lungs were clear. Quote Jen, CPDT-KA with Zuri, lab in a greyhound suit, Violet, formerly known as Faith, Skye, the permanent puppy, Cisco, resident cat, and my baby girl Neyla, forever in my heart "The great thing about science is that you're free to disagree with it, but you'll be wrong." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmc333 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Have no words of wisdom for you, sorry. Lungs clear is a good sign. We'll keep on sending white light and prayers your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greysandmollie Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Jen, Thinking about you bunches...his lungs being clear means you have some time to figure stuff out at least. You will do the right thing...that I know!! And do the right thing for him.... Quote Donna and...Lucy and Chubb Rascal H 10/1/91-5/22/04 My best friend and Bounty Boon 1/23/99-6/25/07 My boy with the biggest heart Cody 7/28/99-8/1/13 My boy that always made me laugh and Dylan 5/12/04-12/29/2017 The sweetest boy ever Miss Mollie 1/1/99-1/30/15 and Pixie -10/10/2017 Lincoln -2/14/2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remolacha Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 wishing it had been better news. Sounds like you do have some time to figure things out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighsayer Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 What a day! Hugs! So sorry that you still have to wait after all you went through today. Hug that baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramonaghan Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I'm so sorry the news is not better. Hopefully they'll find him a med cocktail that will keep him comfortable. And maybe an adult beverage or three are in order for his mentally exhausted mama. Quote Rachel with littermates Doolin and Willa, boss cat Tootie, and feline squatters Crumpet and Fezziwig. Missing gentlemen kitties Mud, Henry, and Richard and our beautiful, feisty, silly Sweep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTRAWLD Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I'm so sorry the news is not better. Hopefully they'll find him a med cocktail that will keep him comfortable. And maybe an adult beverage or three are in order for his mentally exhausted mama. Couldn't have said it better...thinking of you Quote Proudly owned by:10 year old "Ryder" CR Redman Gotcha May 201012.5 year old Angel "Kasey" Goodbye Kasey Gotcha July 2005-Aug 1, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissy Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Sorry you're going through this. It's so hard when they're sick not to feel helpless. I hope the meds give him some relief while you wait for results. Quote Kristie and the Apex Agility Greyhounds: Kili (ATChC AgMCh Lakilanni Where Eagles Fly RN IP MSCDC MTRDC ExS Bronze ExJ Bronze ) and Kenna (Lakilanni Kiss The Sky RN MADC MJDC AGDC AGEx AGExJ). Waiting at the Bridge: Retired racer Summit (Bbf Dropout) May 5, 2005-Jan 30, 2019 Like us on Facebook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeylasMom Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 We are headed home. He is still REALLY dopey. I'm hitting my breaking point. I just hope I can get him upstairs when we get home. Quote Jen, CPDT-KA with Zuri, lab in a greyhound suit, Violet, formerly known as Faith, Skye, the permanent puppy, Cisco, resident cat, and my baby girl Neyla, forever in my heart "The great thing about science is that you're free to disagree with it, but you'll be wrong." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy_3131 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Jen Quote Katy....Mom to Retired Racers Hinder, John Carter, Hobsen, and Kodama, Galgo Espanol Gichin, and the Village Idiot...Teko Missing terribly my fawn dog with the pretty ears Chance (Ale Seeyoulater) 6/21/05-6/23/15 Gotcha day 4/6/08 and my fuzzy baby boy Snacker (Tyville Snacker) 7/4/04-10/23/15, and all three of my IG babies, Isen, Tien, and Java. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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turbotaina Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Aw, Jen . Also, are they taking into consideration gigantic greyhound spleens? When I saw Dr. Couto last weekend, he indicated that they are *way* larger than "normal" dog spleens. Quote Meredith with Heyokha (HUS Me Teddy) and Crow (Mike Milbury). Missing Turbo (Sendahl Boss), Pancho, JoJo, and "Fat Stacks" Juana, the psycho kitty. Canku wakan kin manipi."Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleptogrey Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) dignity, quality of life(both your, his and the other hounds in the house), pain management and life expectancy all need to be considered. i see you are making a flow chart, are you including these in as well? hugs- life can suck at times. Edited May 26, 2016 by cleptogrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotaina Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 dignity, quality of life(both your, his and the other hounds in the house), pain management and life expectancy all need to be considered. i see you are making a flow chart, are you including these in as well? hugs- life can suck at times. Unfortunately, Jen has been through this before. Quote Meredith with Heyokha (HUS Me Teddy) and Crow (Mike Milbury). Missing Turbo (Sendahl Boss), Pancho, JoJo, and "Fat Stacks" Juana, the psycho kitty. Canku wakan kin manipi."Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time4ANap Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I'm sorry you are going through this again. Lots of scritches and belly rubs to Zuri. Spoil him rotten. Quote Camp Broodie. The current home of Mark Kay Mark Jack and Gracie Kiowa Safe Joan. Always missing my boy Rocket Hi Noon Rocket, Allie Phoenix Dynamite, Kate Miss Kate, Starz Under Da Starz, Petunia MW Neptunia, Diva Astar Dashindiva, and LaVida I've Got Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeylasMom Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 We're home. He's resting. Thanks to everyone who kept me company, gave input, and offered support. Don't know what I'd do without my GT peeps. Quote Jen, CPDT-KA with Zuri, lab in a greyhound suit, Violet, formerly known as Faith, Skye, the permanent puppy, Cisco, resident cat, and my baby girl Neyla, forever in my heart "The great thing about science is that you're free to disagree with it, but you'll be wrong." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4My2Greys Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Jen, I'm so sorry that the diagnosis couldn't have been something better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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