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bill_schubert ([personal profile] bill_schubert) wrote2023-11-13 02:59 pm

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.  
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[personal profile] mrdreamjeans 2023-11-14 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
I really enjoy those books!
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[personal profile] mrdreamjeans 2023-11-19 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I worry it will be too social a building for Susan; but am hopeful she will like it.
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[personal profile] msconduct 2023-11-14 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I think it's best not to put animals who've had a full and happy life through heroic medical treatment. Not doing so is a great gift we can give them.
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[personal profile] siglinde999 2023-11-14 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope everything goes okay with the lump. It’s so hard to know what to do as they age.
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[personal profile] mollywheezy 2023-11-14 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope Zoe's lump turns out to be nothing, but I agree with you--the sense in putting her through painful tests/surgery at her age.