The good and bad
Zoe and I went down for our six month checkup at A&M vets today. Part of the drug trial she was on. I'm not sure how many more of them there will be. The documentation is a little different than what we're doing but they tell me when to go and I can always ask. It is a two hour PIA drive even with an excellent book (4th in the series of Thursday Murder Club books - each one sounds more like Timber Ridge). Zoe is zonked on Trazadone as she gets a little crazed during vet visits.
The big good news is her heart is fine and pending blood test results all systems are operating well. My observations concur.
She has a new lump on her leg and the vets are concerned. I'm ambivalent. If it is a mast cell tumor (most likely other than just a fatty lump) then either leave it alone or cut it out. Alternately there is chemo and radiation. I love Zoe but am not likely to spend a thousand dollars to have go through that at her age. She'll be turning 14 soon.
So am I better off not knowing?
The A&M vets have seemed to me to be a little jumpy about such things. Lots of post grads doing residency there and they see zebras more often than horses in my experience. They got all exercised over something a year or so ago that turned into nothing six months later.
My current vet is a woman of Indian descent (meaning I can neither spell nor pronounce her name). She bought the practice and is good at what she does so I might have her test (aspirate) the lump.
Zoe is napping and will be for a while.
The big good news is her heart is fine and pending blood test results all systems are operating well. My observations concur.
She has a new lump on her leg and the vets are concerned. I'm ambivalent. If it is a mast cell tumor (most likely other than just a fatty lump) then either leave it alone or cut it out. Alternately there is chemo and radiation. I love Zoe but am not likely to spend a thousand dollars to have go through that at her age. She'll be turning 14 soon.
So am I better off not knowing?
The A&M vets have seemed to me to be a little jumpy about such things. Lots of post grads doing residency there and they see zebras more often than horses in my experience. They got all exercised over something a year or so ago that turned into nothing six months later.
My current vet is a woman of Indian descent (meaning I can neither spell nor pronounce her name). She bought the practice and is good at what she does so I might have her test (aspirate) the lump.
Zoe is napping and will be for a while.