Hi Everyone,

I wanted to update everyone on Rileys surgery.  He is doing really well. The first day home he was a little needy wanting to follow me from room to room.  I layed down on his new orthopedic bed with him and he finally relaxed as I stroked his little face.   His staples looked better than I expected.  He seems relative pain free due to good drugs i guess. 

I just got the prelimenary test results back and they are so far negative for synovial cancer of the tissue he biopsied from the tendon .  He wants to get all the bone tests back before finally diagnosis.  I am a little confused as this is what I was told maybe you guys can fill me in on what it actually means. 

Synovial reative inflammation of the tendon or tissue that attaches his pectoral muscle to his shoulder.  During surgery he did cut his bicep muscle all the way down from the top to the bottom to release pressure.  The vet has no idea what has caused this or what we are going to do yet either.  I want to jump and down and say yeah no cancer but he wants to be sure with the final bone samples as those tests are not in yet.  ( he did say his bones looked good and we have had a bone tap that already was negative).  I asked him if we would do cortisone shots?  He said normally those go in a joint and this is definitely his muscle and tendon not a joint.  I don't know why one day he limped on the left leg and now his right leg is the infammed one.  I thought maybe over stressing it from his left leg not being as strong but then why is his left leg doing so well now when for 3 years it limped?  Riley is turning into DR. HOUSE for dogs.  Right now riley is a tripawd dog with a limp 4th leg dragging behind him. 

I was so thrilled to see all the well wishing and thoughts for my riley I was beside myself.  It is just comfort to know other dog owners who view their dogs as family members and know the grieving process of loss is real and we need support.  It helps just to talk......without the added well you know he is old .......and your crazy to pay for surgery for your dog...... and I am sure you have all heard it before.  I just look at riley's big brown eyes and hear his thumping tail of love and I lose it. 

I should hear more results in the next 24 hours.  The vet just told me to keep his meds up and let him know if he starts to improve otherwise I have 12 days until he gets his staples out.  I am going to give him glucosaime and his adequann to see if that helps the inflammation. 

Thanks everyone

lol

Riley and Linda

jerry said:

Hi RileyDog,

Thank you for registering, and welcome to the forums...

Best wishes for the best results from your tests!

Hi Jerry,

Thanks for starting this awesome website as it was great to know about all the options and to have a supportive network as it seems easier knowing someone really knows how your feeling as you have experienced it yourself.

Prelimenary tests are looking negative just waiting for the rest of the bone samples to come in. So far so good. Yeah. Riley's injury is a mystery right now of what to do as he is limping and not using his right leg at all. Maybe time will heal him.. They did remove some bone chips but the vet said the chips were to the back of the shoulder not anywhere near where is inflammation is. I just rambling on trying to make sense of it all. I want to be excited but at the same time with no diagnosis its just as bad as the pain is still evident. Will let you know what I find out in the next day or so.

Best paw forward,

Riley

Genie said:

Linda,

Hang in there.  I know it is hard to wait that many days for result.  Let’s just hope for the best.

For the time being, to help him move around after you pick him up tomorrow, try use a bath towel to wrap him around his chest, give him some support by semi-lifting his front body.  A bath towel would be a bit more gentle on the incision.

I will be thinking of Riley and you.

Love,

Jessie

 

Jessie

Thanks for the towel Idea.  Thanks for your thoughts as they are working we got intial good news.  Hey by the way I like your name as I named my horse Jessie.  He's just the best too. 

LoL

Riley