I took Zoe to the vet last Saturday. She'd been having some goop in her eyes & there was a small growth on her leg I wanted them to examine. She needed her nails clipped and I wanted them to check her teeth to see if they needed cleaning. After the wonderful vet spent a good deal of time with us, she confirmed that Zoe had canine pink eye or conjunctivitis. They didn't have any of the liquid drops, so we took the antibiotic ointment.
She also suggested we do lab work on the larger growth on her right rear outer thigh. Zoe, as a short haired dog, gets all kinds of bumps and bites that are very visible through her short coat. She's had a regular history of unusual skin things, which is fairly common with Vizslas. They typically turn out to be nothing and go away on their own. This particular growth I noticed a few weeks before we left on our vacation, and I was concerned to see it was still around. She had some other bumps on her at the vet visit, but we decided to do a fine needle aspiration of the area to complete some lab work.
While we were there, the vet also mentioned that she *thought* she heard a very mild heart murmur. Zoe is VERY anxious about being at the vet, as are most dogs. She shakes uncontrollably and gets very nervous. The vet recommended we have further analysis done to determine if there is indeed a heart murmur and how severe the murmur is and what type of murmur. It could be a harmless murmur or a more serious murmur.
Monday night the vet's office called to tell me that the lab work had determine that the growth was a mast cell tumor and they recommended going into the dog hospital in Houston. I don't know much yet about MCT's, but if it is caught early enough the prognosis is very good. I made an appointment for next Tuesday with Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists for a consultation. Hopefully they will be able to remove the MCT later next week and have more scientific results back regarding the stage and grade of tumor. Hopefully it won't involve any chemo or radiation.
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: I think we caught it early, I've got a great vet and the animal hospital here in town is awesome.
8 comments:
wishing zoe the best! as a vet tech, our hospital sees MCTs all the time...most of the time they do not require radiation as long as they take wide margins when removing the MCT and im actually suprised they referred you somewhere to have it removed. i will be thinking of her and hoping for a speedy recovery (and hoping it remains localized to that mass)!!
Sorry to hear about Zoe's tumor, but glad you caught it early. We and the dogs and even the cat will be wishing for her to get well soon.
We'll be thinking of Zoe.. poor girl...
Wishing Zoe well! Such a lucky dog to have such a loving mommy to notice that and get it taken care of so early!
Awww, hope Zoe is feeling 100% ASAP!
awww...poor Zoe!! Definitely sending her healthy thoughts.
Oh poor girl! Our thoughts will be with Zoe. And she is in great hands with GCVS--we've gone there several times for ER visits! Keep us posted.
Oh we do hope Zoe recovers soon. Zoe's "pack" changed for a few weeks to she might be more stressed than you know but we wish her a healthy check up!
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