Billy's Newest Adventure - obstruction (*sigh* Callie)

calliecritturs

got a call from Dr. B (regular vet) this morning -- the pathology came back from the little "spot" (that the holistic and the regular vets thot looked like a melanoma).  The tissue was NOTHING.

Alright....I just sat back down cause I was up doing the happy dance for Billy!!!  This is literally the best news I could have read today!!! Totally just made my day!

I'm so glad he's recovering from surgery so well...he's a real trooper, that's forsure!

How's he doing today (or lately)?

Lots of hugs, thoughts and prayers!

He continues to do really well -- You wouldn't even know he was "recouperating".  A couple more days and I can take the stitches out of the little place where they removed the spot.  RAH!

 Callie-since it wasn't blocked and that would be major immediate emergency-couldn't they have xrayed this, seen object and let it pass.

Also, melanoma is black-not red(-hemogen...is just blood vessels come together-nothing to worry about)

the Merick Vet manual is free to download- www.merickvet.com

I guess you love your vet but dx of melanoma on a red spot makes no sense.

I love your housebreaking posts, thanks so much

mamere

mamere

Callie-since it wasn't blocked and that would be major immediate emergency-couldn't they have xrayed this, seen object and let it pass.

We found it ON an x-ray and yes it **was** blocked (that's why he threw up the entirety of what he'd eaten the night before -- **nothing** was getting thru the obstruction at all.  It was already patently obvious that only the thinnest of liquids was getting thru and it was *not* going to move.  The **only** reason we waited was because I wanted Dr. Bailey to do the surgery.  He is an incredible surgeon .... and ... given Billy's massive medical history of IMHA, I had to make sure this was done absolutely the best way possible with a vet who was completely aware of his incredibly complicated medical history.

mamere

Also, melanoma is black-not red(-hemogen...is just blood vessels come together-nothing to worry about

Actually I had FOUR vets all agree that this itty bitty spot looked **very** like a melanoma beginning.  It did turn out to *be* a hemogen, but it was an extremely suspicious little spot that had all 4 vets (from 3 different practices) completely concerned.

mamere

the Merick Vet manual is free to download- www.merickvet.com

You actually don't have to download it -- you can simply go there and look anything up you want to -- they have a great search feature.