Calendar Pics

It's time again to submit pictures for the Addison's dogs Calendar. I have narrowed it down to a few... Suggestions are appreciated but not expected because I don't think anyone else is reading my blog.

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Looking Better

Well another dressing change behind us and hopefully we get through the weekend without a vet visit. He goes back Monday. He has that spark back in his eyes. Poor boy now has an ear infection on top of everything. Because of a friend ( Big Thanks =D ) I now have lots of good journal info on Mast cell treatment including the new drug Palladia.. It's not available in Canada yet but I feel better being prepared. My highlighter will be busy today.

Check Up

Well Chauncy took the dressing change pretty well today.The swelling is gone thankfully. Melissa took the retention sutures out and the rest of the sutures will come out on the 13th. Some black tissue over the incision and it certainly has opened up some. She cleaned it up really well and we put another compression bandage back on. He has to go back for a recheck Thursday unless something comes up. I gave him 20mg of Anafen but he still will not walk on the leg at all. Melissa said she would give me some Metacam for him if he needs something after tomorrow. In fact he sits and refuses to walk, although the little bugger went quite well at the clinic... adrenaline rush there I guess, he was wired for sound.

I hate tumors!

Well Thursday July 29 th Chauncy had a small tumor removed from his right hind hock and it was sent off to find out what it was. It was a bit swollen when we left the clinic at 3pm but the tech said just to snip the white tape near the bottom. Well this is what it looked like only 3 hrs later.. Needless to say I called the vet twice and finally back in we went and used warm towels and massaged the fluid out and home we go.





Zonked out on morphine ( thankfully ) and notice the swelling again only 1.5 hr after we had massaged it to normal..

This is his foot less than 12 hrs after being at the vets and I spent the whole night spending 20 minutes every hr massaging it. Back to the vet this am and it looks like he has had a histamine reaction to the tumour removal, between his toes and around the incision looked like raw oozing meat and its only 24 hr post surgery. My Vet figures we are looking at a Mast cell tumour so now we just wait for the results. So more drugs to combat infection and benadryl for the histamine reaction..But I have a bad feeling about this and so does she.

This is Raider and he is a Calendar boy! Raider has Primary Typical Addisons's and he was diagnosed Oct 19, 2006. He is the Centerfold for the Addison's Dogs 2009 calendar.. and before you ask, "what's with the rooster?" I swear there was no rooster when I took the picture.. Raider is the picture of health, in fact you would never know he had a chronic illness. He has the best vet there is, thanks Dr. Melissa, Raider loves you!

Raider and I belong to the Yahoo group Addisons Dogs and we got amazing support and learned how to properly manage this disease. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/AddisonDogs_/

So if anyone out there has a dog with Addison's and you need some help Addison Dogs is the place to go http://www.addisondogs.com/