Well I haven't been on here since Oct 22. Good and bad reasons...

He was doing great and I was so optimistic. He was started whining non stop, I truly mean NON STOP! Then he stopped getting up from his bed. I was carrying him in and out of the house to even go to the bath room. I was having to hold him up while he went to the bathroom. And then the coughing and hacking started, and the wheezing. He was breathing so fast and shallow I could not count breaths for even 15 seconds. He was lying still for hours and still had a temperature of almost 104 all the time. I was scared I was losing him slowly and painfully. His appearance and sounds made me believe he was in pain. I called his local vet and left a message for the Dr to call me back. My impatience got to me and I called back to U of W, and left a message there. His Oncologist was not in but another called me back. I felt like I was talking in circles but she recommended getting him in somewhere for xrays, but ensure they did all 3 views, I told her the local vet only did 2 or they would sedate for the 3rd. I called his local vet again. I was then (around 1115 am) that all the vets were at lunch and would return the call after 2pm.  I was not in control of the situation and I was panicking of course at this point.  I called back to U of W, the same Dr called me back again and said to bring him up there or she could try calling the vet herself. I asked her to call and I would get him ready for the ride in the meantime. Around 3 pm the local vet finally called me back. He said I could bring him in the next morning for x-rays and they would do all 3 views. I tried to explain how Jack was and what he was acting like. I felt dismissed. I knew I was feeling irrational but I also knew I was keeping it in check and only covering facts and actions and not my thoughts or research. He called in another antibiotic for Jack to start on to take with his original antibiotic. I ran down and picked them up quickly and thankfully he did not vomit them up right away on me.  He made it through the night as I laid watching him breath by breath.  The local vet did the xrays and said that they would take out the sutures for us instead of coming back the following day. Just like I told the U of W, they only did 2 views. Frustrating! They diagnosed him with post-op pneumonia but said he seemed to be getting better as far as the x-ray showed. This was the opposite of his actions of course. We spent a few more days going around and around with his local vet trying to figure out what we were going to do to help him. They only sent in a small slice of the tumor, so now U of W has no idea of the margins for the surgery, and because we are trying to get healthy still I have no idea where we stand on possibly starting Chemo.

The days have come and gone, we have celebrated our daughters birthday and finally have our Lab home as well. Jack and Royale obviously missed each other. We have hosted a Halloween gathering and started letting him go up and down the steps on his own but with me behind or in front of. There have been many positives in the last 5 days. I will take these any day. He is still not very active but is getting better about being alone. He will walk around the front yard and up and down the drive way now but still has not braved the hill to the backyard. As I type this he is sound asleep on his bed. We have weaned him off most of his medications now, he has 1 more day of antibiotic and has a morning and bedtime dose of Rymadol. His incision looks great, we are still wrapping him daily and two days ago he chewed the wrap away over night and licked the bottom area almost open again. I thought we were just days from being done wrapping.

The Suitical Recovery Suit update. IT IS GREAT! I have loved it. It is very easy to put on and take off. And there is a snap area to bring the under side up for him going potty...I have only forgotten 2 times and had to wash it right away For us I wish we would have ordered one size smaller than the sizing guide. Without a stub to keep the front hole forward it does droop more than wanted but even though I measured exactly I think it is the lack of stub that causes our issue. But all in all I highly recommend this suit for the fur babies!

Sorry to throw so much out there but it has been such a long couple weeks, this is my screaming and crying time completed with my finger tips.