For the Love of RoSie.......

My Mast Cell Tumor

I didn't want to write about this until all the surgery was done, and we got the Pathology report on the actual tumor.
It was about a month ago, that mommy noticed a growth between my toes on my front left paw. They took me immediately to the vet. After an aspiration, and sending it to pathology, it came back as a Mast Cell Tumor. BAD news! The vet put me on Benadryl, and Prednisone, in hopes of shrinking the tumor before surgery. She then did an ultrasound guided biopsy of my lymph nodes, spleen and liver. All those came back clear, thank goodness!! Then the surgery was scheduled. An amputation of my two toes would have been drastic, since I need them for balance. The surgeon decided to take the webbing and part of my pad. We were hoping that would be enough so that there would be clear margins. You never know with those Mast Cell tumors though. They can be very deceiving!
I'm 6 days post op now, and my tumor pathology report came back, with all margins clear!!! My parents are estatic, and I'm one happy girl! Now my red, swollen foot just needs to heal......
Wagging my tail again!!! Rosie