Yay Titan!  I knew he would be fine!  How many treatments does he have left?

I talked to Tazzie's oncologist today and we will do a total of 5 carboplatin injections for her since she is doing well. Chemo #4 will be this weekend.

Pam and Tazzie

Did they send the films to a veterinary radiologist? Chest films can be hard to read because even a little shadow is suspect when they are looking for cancer.  There is an area called the costochondral junction which is where the ribcage meets the sternum and you can often see shadows here.  Tazzie had a few small spots called osteomas which are benign little areas of scar tissue in her lung. She is so big that we had to take 6 radiographs to fit all of her lung tissue on film, and I sent them to a radiologist just to be sure and he agreed that the spots were not cancer nodules.

Your oncologist is probably just being careful, and it is smart to recheck the radiographs in 2-4 weeks.  If the spot is gone then it was just a shadow, and if it is unchanged it can be monitored.  If it is larger then cancer is possible.  It is hard to wait but the only other way to image the lung is with MRI or CT scan which requires anesthesia and may not be readily available.  I would see what the oncologist says in a few weeks and consider sending the films to a radiologist if they are still unclear.

We will be wishing for the best for our big friend!

Pam and Tazzie