Bad News for Beau
Oh,
we got some bad news for Beau
last week. I brought him in for his shots and to have a growth on his rear leg
checked out. The rear leg growth was no big deal, but his front leg had some
swelling that was a very big deal: bone cancer.
My
great vet took some x-rays to confirm it. The cancer has not metastasized yet.
If Beau’s rear wasn’t so weak and giving out on him we would
consider amputating the leg before the cancer spread. Chemo’s no good
for his weakened state, either. So the vet prescribed piroxicam, which should
help for any pain, perhaps reduce the swelling, and maybe even have some
anti-cancer benefit.
Beau
did quite a bit of dancing around this weekend so he’s dealing well as of
today. Everything is fine upstairs, so to say, it’s just that his legs
are slowly going out from under him.
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