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This was just before she 
!! She also loves being outside so was prolonging the potty time with some sniffs!
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22 February 2013
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Awww Marlee, you're melting my heart over here❤ There is such a beautiful connection between you and your hooman.
It's wonderful to hear how well Marlee is doing and to see her getting her sea legs and standing strong! And still soooo early!!
Keep these great updates coming! Amd give that sweet grey muzzle a smooch for us!!😚😚
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Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Has anyone experienced nose bleeds? My gut tells me it’s from Benadryl and prednisone, the tumor is gone now so she is really seeing side effects from those two meds. This morning when I got up there was a small spit up of blood with a clot in her pen, took her to vets and our oncologist checked her blood as well as a full physical she is completely healthy and no issues with bloodwork she thinks that it’s something she may have just coughed up. Gave me Chinese herbs for clotting just in case. No blood in urine or stool. Tonight there were a couple drips from one of her nostrils on tile floor but dried up quick. She is doing so well and happy and hopping around on her own also eating peeing drinking and playing this is no fun! Ugh????!!!!!
On a positive note the tumor and the lymph node that was sent off to be studied has partial results so far grading the MCT as a High 1 low 2 and the lymph node had tiny mast cells in it that prove that amp was a good choice or it would’ve spread to her whole body. More complete results 8/28.
I searched the forums for nose bleeds but didn’t see anything 
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Hmmmm.....no idea on the nose drips. But Benedry definitely dries out sinuses, so that may be the culprit. Just a very dry, irritated nosr.
Yeah, the index number is very encouraging. Snd yea, you definitely made the right decision.! Marlee is going so well to be this early out.
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
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I wonder if it is a result of the anesthesia protocol?
The high 1/low 2 is pretty good. Be sure you get the mitotic index value. When dealing with MCTs graded as a 2 it can be helpful determining how aggressive the cancer is and help determine treatments.
Here is a Forum Post with a Link to Dr. Dressler's Discussion on Mitotic Index.
It's great to hear that Marlee is doing well!
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Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
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They also mentioned it could be a side effect presenting now from her last stitch chemo treatment like 3 weeks ago. I have Dr Dresslers book
so I’ll study up before her next appointment about the mitotic index. We also have our first grooming appointment coming up in September that we are all looking forward to because boy do I have a stinky girl. She was unable to get a grooming for a while because her paw was so bad! Our groomer also said we have a few Tripawds in our area that are regulars 
Now I just need my girl to have a full recovery from these med side effects!
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