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Day 15 after surgery. Rahley is recovering very well. no pain meds for 4 days. He is smiling, wagging his tail, and hopping around. We imagine he is not having the kind of pain he was experiencing with the tumor in his underarm area. He hadn't been using his left leg for about 2 months.
We are pleased he seems so happy, and hardly any discomfort. We find out about what kind of tumor it is , in about another week.
Terri
YAAAAAY FOR RAHLEY!!!+ Delighted to hear how well he is doing. Often members say that, even with the painmof recovering from surgery at first, there seems to be less pain than before the surgery. So thanks for sharing that. It's important for new members who are undecided to know.
Give him a big smooch for us🥳
Hugs
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!
We had a vet appt on July 19 , and they explained the next treatment options. Since Rahley was diagnosed as auto immune two years ago, they have to be careful with treatment options. His tumor was sent to a research hospital. They can create a vaccine from it, and send it back to my vet.
He then will have 3 injections weekly for 3 weeks. This along with Melixocam, which has anti- cancer properties, and will help with the arthritis we expect he will have soon. Rahley threw up once when he had Melixocam two months ago, and we stopped it by advice of vet. But we are hoping it was a fluke thing. Will start him back up on it and see if he tolerates it this time around.
This tumor has a 20% of reoccurence, and he isn't quite 9 yet. So it might be quite awhile before we need to look at the last option, which is chemo. But right now, Rahley is doing very well.
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