Jan
2013
When A Little Bit Of Knowledge Can Be Dangerous And Heartbreaking. A Sherman Story Part 2
Read the title carefully:
When A Little Bit Of Knowledge Can Be Dangerous And Heartbreaking.
Little is the key word here.
As a vet tech I have a small amount of knowledge in veterinarian medicine. I am by no means an expert and would never claim to be. Each day I go to work and I learn something new. What I know is from what I have seen and been taught by licensed veterinarians who went to school for many years.
Vet techs and assistants see crazy shit all the time which in turn, I believe, makes us one of the more paranoid pet owners in the world when our pets get sick. Of course I can only speak for myself here, but I have seen other techs act the same way as me.
Sometimes we know just enough to make things complicated when our pets get sick. We have just enough resources available to us to induce panic. We are able to read our pets report from the lab before the vet ever sees it. We are able to analyze and over analyze everything because it’s right at our fingertips.
When we are left with no answers, only questions about our pets health we are left with an undetermined amount of time for our minds to wander.
Hence the situation we have going on with Sherman……………..and me.
Before I get to the latest debacle, let me say that Sherman is doing well, he is not any worse than he was, and I would have to say he has improved. He has never stopped eating during any of this and over the last few days has showed interest in wanting to play. He is getting around fine, without any signs of limping in his back legs. He has become even more of a velcro dog than he was before and is constantly following me around the house. I’m pretty sure at this point in time, he is more worried about me than I am about him, if that’s even possible.
Despite all of this we still have no answers and the more tests we run the more questions we are left with. Recent lab works show mild kidney and liver elevations. And when I say mild I mean barely out of the normal range.
Not enough to suggest anything but enough to watch, and induce panic into a concerned owner.
That would be me.
Concerned owner with a wandering mind and just enough knowledge to be dangerous which brings me to last Saturday when I came home from work and noticed Sherman chewing on his back leg. I immediately went over to check out the situation and as soon as I saw the ulcerated mass that he had been chewing on my heart broke into a million pieces.
The mass was about the size of a superball and it was hard and painful to the touch.
Osteosarcoma. Sherman has Ostersarcoma and we found the metastasis before we found the bone cancer.
Everything fit now. The fluid in the chest, the limping, the elevations in his lab work. The cancer was taking over.
I was devastated.
I spent the whole rest of the weekend a sobbing mess.
I wasn’t even a hot mess, just a sobbing mess.
How was I going to tell the kids? How much longer did we have with Sherman? How did I miss this? How much pain is he in? Why? Why? Why?
I told my husband.
He asked what the next steps were.
I told him nothing, it was already taking over. We probably only had a month or so left with Sherman. An x-ray of his leg would confirm that the cancer was eating away at the bone in his leg.
I texted the vet. She told me to bring him in on Monday and she would take a look and not to worry, we could handle this.
Monday came and I reluctantly took Sherman into work.
The vet looked at his leg as soon as we walked in.
With one look and one touch she said that it wasn’t Osteosarcoma and then she flicked me.
“You didn’t tell me the exact location where the mass was on the text. If you would of told me that I could of saved you a lot of tears and me a lot less panic..”
Then she flicked me again.
I work in a hostile environment.
We took 2 x-rays of his leg just to be extra sure, and the bone was “unremarkable in appearance”
The ulcerated mass is an infected lick granuloma. It’s the same one that keeps coming and going for the past 2 years, it’s just infected now.
I forgot.
I went a step further after we took the x-rays and asked the vet if Sherman could have a tick embedded in his leg, and have Lymes disease.
That’s when she stopped in her tracks, whipped around and said, ”Are you asking me if Sherman has a tick embedded in the infected lick granuloma. The same granuloma that we dealt with a few months ago?” Do you work here? Are you the same Jen that I have worked side by side with for the past seven years or have aliens abducted her? If aliens have abducted her can you please tell them to bring me back Jenny Jugs and take this person instead?”
Which was when I responded with, “Hey lady! Are you the same vet that has been seeing my dog for his WHOLE life and now you can’t figure out what is wrong with him? He was fine four weeks ago and now he’s a mess and nobody can tell me why!”
Yep. I said that.
It was like an out of body experience. I was floating above myself watching the words come out of my mouth and I couldn’t get back in my body fast enough to shut my trap.
That’s when my vet put her hands on my shoulder and said, “I’m sorry Jen. I’m doing my best to find out what’s going on with Sherman. I love him too. He’s getting better Jen and that’s what matters. We just need to be patient and continue to monitor him and not jump to conclusions.”
And then we hugged, cause that’s what friends do.
I called my husband and told him the good news.
“I’ve never been so happy to be so wrong!” I told him
He was happy too, very happy, but later that night he told me I wasn’t allowed to handle any of the dogs health issues from now on because I induce to much panic into the family and I completely ruined the whole weekend.
He told me I had just enough knowledge in my head to be dangerous and from now on we must wait for the vet before I make any deadly diagnosis.
I concur.
As I said before, we still have no more information on Sherman. He continues to improve and we continue to monitor him. We were suppose to repeat chest films on him yesterday and run a few more tests but we decided to give him and us a break for a week. The vet feels the same way so we’ll repeat the chest films next week sometime as long as Sherman continues to move in the right direction.
Oh, and I sincerely apologize to my bowling team. Sorry I cried for most of the night Saturday. I told Bob beer wasn’t going to help, but he insisted. It’s his fault.
Knowledge.
It’s a dangerous thing if you only have a little of it.
***I feel the need to point out to anyone who is new to reading this blog that I work side by side with Sherman’s vet on a daily basis and we are good friends. We associate outside of the workplace which is why we share such a demented dialogue with each other. If your vet ever flicks you and calls you an alien while you are talking to her I suggest that you find a new vet and I highly discourage anyone from addressing their vet as “Hey lady!” This is not proper etiquette and it’s just plain wrong if your vet is a man.
Daisy
January 18, 2013 at 3:53 am (151 days ago)It’s always different when it’s one of your own. Don’t read any medical book….just an idea.
Hope Sherman continues to improve.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
Jen
January 19, 2013 at 1:07 pm (150 days ago)Ha! Thanks for the idea! That is one that I need to do, immediately!
Mary Garrett
January 18, 2013 at 5:15 am (151 days ago)Been there–done that. With even less “dog smarts” that you have. Fifty years of taking my dogs to the vet and I still think that THE WORST is here Right Now. Big sigh of relief for you and Sherm. Hugs for all. Mary
Jen
January 19, 2013 at 1:08 pm (150 days ago)And that’s the thing, I need to change my negative outlook on these things and just relax. I really think this episode was a big opener for me!
Thank you for the hugs!
dawn
January 18, 2013 at 5:25 am (151 days ago)Knowing things has it’s advantages; it has it’s disadvantages. I am absolutely sure I drive my vet crazier now that I don’t work then I did when I did work there. I’m glad Sherman is doing better! Will keep sending good thoughts his way.
Jen
January 19, 2013 at 1:09 pm (150 days ago)I know, I knew you would understand this! It’s so hard when you know just enough to put bad thoughts in your head!
Thank you for the good thought Dawn!
Sue at Talking Dogs
January 18, 2013 at 5:40 am (151 days ago)I’ve never, ever, been so glad to get to the end of a blog post. I was with you all the way and sitting here crying. Thank Dog you were wrong!
Jen
January 19, 2013 at 1:10 pm (150 days ago)Thanks Sue and sorry it was so dramatic! Uggh! Imagine how my brain felt!
Dee & Murphy from 5 Old Dogs
January 18, 2013 at 5:57 am (151 days ago)Thanks for the great reminder. It is so easy to imagine the worst. Woofs and well wishes to Sherman from Murphy & company!
Jen
January 19, 2013 at 1:11 pm (150 days ago)Thank you for the well wishes and Woofs Dee and Murphy!
caren gittleman
January 18, 2013 at 6:08 am (151 days ago)Oh Jen I soooo love you!!!!! Please, please LISTEN TO YOUR HUSBAND!!!! STOP IT!!! My vet is always telling me to stop searching things on the internet (whenever something is wrong with cody or dakota)….he says STOP IT for the same reason…I always have them having something dire when I do.
I am glad that Sherman is doing better and remember when YOU are upset your “upset” vibes transfer to HIM!
xoxoxo
Jen
January 19, 2013 at 1:12 pm (150 days ago)Thanks Caren:)) I am going to listen to my husband. Honestly this was a big eye opener for me at how I can over analyse things and actually make the situation worse which is not all good for any us, especially Sherman! I really think he was picking up on all my tension and I don’t want that.
Mango Momma
January 18, 2013 at 6:39 am (151 days ago)The Internet can substitute for a little real knowledge. Who among us hasn’t had the same reaction at one time or another to a situation that turned out to be innocent? The good news is that he is improving. Don’t be so hard on yourself.
Mango Momma
Jen
January 19, 2013 at 1:13 pm (150 days ago)Thank you:) I’m sure a lot of us have done this too, I just think I took to the extreme before I had enough evidence. The whole things has just been weird and scary!
emma
January 18, 2013 at 7:20 am (151 days ago)Gramma tells my mom that all the time. I guess mom is a nightmare to fly with because she worked for the airlines for a long time and knows too much and always panics about small things, not really safety stuff but delays, mechanical issues etc. It is hard when you know just enough to be dangerous. Hope Sherman will be ok.
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 11:23 am (149 days ago)Oh geez, I could imagine if I worked for the airlines!
Leslie
January 18, 2013 at 9:00 am (151 days ago)I’m so sorry you still don’t have a diagnosis but also very relieved to hear Sherman is showing improvement anyway.
I had to laugh at your honest description of what happened in your vet’s office and agree, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I should have learned years ago when Jan was going through his heart issues that, in these instances, Google is NOT your friend but apparently I have to learn this anew every time. Thanks for the reminder.
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 11:25 am (149 days ago)Thanks Leslie!
I know, I should totally know better than to Google things, there’s not enough time at work to do it, but when I get home my mind wanders and instead of waiting to ask the vet, I hit google search:) I must refrain from that!
HoundDogMom (Sherri)
January 18, 2013 at 9:25 am (151 days ago)So glad that things turned out good for Sherman and he continues to get better little by little. I have been with my vet for 30 years and he has told me that I am not allowed to search the internet for information. He says that puts me in panic and I find things that don’t even make sense for that diagnosis. He gives me like 1 or 2 websites I can look at nothing else. BOL Glad you stopped by our blog the other day and checked out the Newf Snuffles. He is the first Newf we have ever seen in person and he is a big ol lovie. Are all Newfs so mellow and calm.? Sniffs, The HoundDogs and Mom
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 11:27 am (149 days ago)Thanks Sherri!
I hear you. My vet has told me before that she is going to take my coputer away from me:)
Snuffles is so adorable and I love his name! So glad you got to meet a Newf, most Newfs are very mellow and calm, but there are some that are a bit high strung. Leroy has his moments!
Leo and Grady
January 18, 2013 at 9:33 am (151 days ago)Dear Jen,
I’ve too have never, ever, been so glad to get to the end of one of your blog posts. I was sitting on the edge of my chair trying not to tear up in my classroom. The kids are doing Centers and I had to continiously wipe my eyes or blow my nose. When they looked up, I told them it was my allergies!!!! Thank Dog you were wrong! I’ve so been there and done that with the boys. (actually with everyone in the barn)
Huge Newfie hugs and healing prayers being sent your way.
Love from Leo, Grady and Julie
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 11:29 am (149 days ago)So sorry Julie that I made you tear up! and thanks for letting me know I’m not alone! These guys just really have a hold on my hurt!
Thank you for the Newfie hugs and healing prayers, they are much appreciated!
Sam
January 18, 2013 at 9:49 am (151 days ago)The end of your post made me laugh, especially as both head vets in the practice my dogs go to are very un-feminine men!
Good news that it wasn’t cancer, and I think your husband has the right idea!
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 11:30 am (149 days ago)Ha-ha! I know I had to add that in! All the vets at the practice whee I work are women so I forget about the men vets sometimes:)
i think my hubby has the right idea too!
Melf
January 18, 2013 at 9:50 am (151 days ago)Wow. I am so sorry that you went through all of that. Having reacted the same way in regards to my dogs’ health issues, I couldn’t help but relate. I think we all have been there. You don’t need to be a vet tech to freak out over something like that.
Had to chuckle at the flick to the head though. Will your husband be managing the medical care from now on?
I suspect Sherman IS more worried about you!!!
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 11:32 am (149 days ago)Thanks Mel, I don’t think we have to be vet tech either to freak out, it’s just sometimes I see things happen to other dogs and I know that it can happen to any of them, but I guess that goes the same for everyone?
Yes, the hubby will be in charge of the medical care, well, I at least have to run everything by him first and talk it out so he can set me straight:) He’s the rational one of us!
we three doxies
January 18, 2013 at 9:54 am (151 days ago)Crap lady you bout gave me a heart attck in da beginnin’ of dis post…see, you is dangerous.
My Vet would flick my mum too and then tell her her was a loon. Sucks they is furiends.
Puddles
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 11:33 am (149 days ago)Sorry Puddles!
It’s so brutal when we are friends with them, isn’t it?
Amy@GoPetFriendly
January 18, 2013 at 11:07 am (151 days ago)OMG – I know what you were going through. We’d had Buster about a year when we took him to an emergency vet because he wasn’t feeling good. The blood work showed he was severely anemic – bordering on needing a transfusion. The only explanation the vet could give us as to why a 2 year old dog would be so severely anemic was cancer. Fortunately, we took Buster for a second opinion at a clinic associated with Penn. His vet had read something recently about a very small percentage of dogs reacting to phenobarbital and switched his seizure meds right away. After a bone marrow biopsy and a bunch of other tests that showed nothing, Buster’s red cells started to improve and a few days later we brought him home. He recovered completely, but those were the longest four days of my life.
I’m so glad that Sherman is improving and thank you for making me laugh out loud – even in a post about such a serious topic. If my vet flicks me or calls me an alien, I’m otta there! =)
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 12:54 pm (149 days ago)Wow. I’m so sorry to read that Buster and you had to go through that. How scary! A bone marrow biopsy? Wow! So glad that the other vet was able to put it all together and that Buster completely recovered!
Julie
January 18, 2013 at 11:27 am (151 days ago)Holy crap. I’m so sorry – what a horrible weekend!! I’m glad you were wrong and Sherman is feeling better. It’s nice that you can text your vet and talk back
I’m in charge of animal health at our house . .sometimes I don’t like it, especially when I do stupid things like look up symptoms on the internet! Glad your hubby will be taking over that job!
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 12:55 pm (149 days ago)Thanks Julie! After a few days of thinking about it, I am fine with the hubby taking over their healthcare. At least until somethings else goes wrong:)
Elizabeth
January 18, 2013 at 11:29 am (151 days ago)Oh i am so happy that you were wrong. If i was your vet i probably would have flicked you too!
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 12:55 pm (149 days ago)Ha-ha! Yeah, I think she got a little bit of enjoyment out of that!
Clowie
January 18, 2013 at 11:32 am (151 days ago)This is one of those occasions it’s so good to be wrong! I hope Sherman keeps improving and you find out what it is soon.
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 12:55 pm (149 days ago)Thank you Clowie!
Two French Bulldogs
January 18, 2013 at 11:58 am (151 days ago)We have all our feets crossed for you buddy
Benny & Lily
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 12:56 pm (149 days ago)Aw, thank you Benny and Lily!
Amy @ LifewithDoxies
January 18, 2013 at 12:06 pm (151 days ago)Jen, I am soooo glad Sherman doesn’t have cancer. My eyes teared up as I was reading, even though you had already told us it ended with good news. Continuing to keep you all in my prayers…
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 12:57 pm (149 days ago)Thank you Amy! Me too. I want to say that he doesn’t have Ostersarcoma, still not sure if there is some other cancer that could be lurking. I want to say that but I shouldn’t. Hey-I’m trying!
jan
January 18, 2013 at 12:10 pm (151 days ago)I think “Dr. Google” is responsible for a lot of needless panic when we use him to get a little knowledge. I love the word “unremarkable” when used in a medical sense.
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 12:58 pm (149 days ago)I have to agree Jan, and I love the word “umremarkable” too. It’s so satisfying!
Diana Stoll
January 18, 2013 at 1:40 pm (150 days ago)Frankly, I’m glad that you had that honest, blunt confrontation with your vet — especially since you’re also friends with her. Think about it: she needed to know how scared and frustrated you are, and you needed the reassurance and comfort she then gave you. You both now have a better perspective that will allow you to move forward more productively. And the best thing by far is that Sherman continues to improve!
I just gave Glory a big hug while thinking “This one is from us to Sherman.” So, we send hugs.
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 12:59 pm (149 days ago)My vet is a good vet and has no problem saying it like it is, which is why the dogs go to her. She knows me and she knows me well.
Aww! Please give Glory a big hug for me!
tori
January 18, 2013 at 3:37 pm (150 days ago)I thought I was going to have to have to cry! Thank God I do not…I am the same way with my horses. Horses are so bloody fragile, every little limp, swell and weirdness and I am thinking the worst. Just the other day I was googling nosebleed because my boarders horse had a small one. Do NOT google that image…I thought I was going to have a dead horse in a bloody pool when I got home…hes fine now.
Im so glad Sherman is ok. Hang in there. xx
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:01 pm (149 days ago)Oh! I can only imagine about the horses! I have never owned any but have had friends that have and so many health issues can happen.
So glad your horse is ok, that must of been scary! You hang in there too!
Coralee
January 18, 2013 at 3:48 pm (150 days ago)I’m a nurse, and so I pretty much operate in the same way when it comes to over-analyzing! (I often feel very, very sorry for my doctor!)Fingers crossed for Sherman’s continued improvement!
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:02 pm (149 days ago)Oh a nurse! Bless your heart! Now that is one professional I know I mentally could not handle!
Thank you for the crossed fingers!
Misaki
January 18, 2013 at 4:18 pm (150 days ago)So glad to hear that it’s not as bad as you thought!
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:02 pm (149 days ago)Thanks Misaki! Me too!
Jodi
January 18, 2013 at 4:59 pm (150 days ago)We defintitely need that girl’s weekend.
My eyes are now burning because the mascara ran and is irritating my eyes. I can’t see the keyboard because my eyes are full of water but I’m afraid to let it out because it will make them sting even worse.
I’m so glad that your little knowledge was wrong, but I so get where you are coming from, and you know I would have done the same thing, except for calling my vet Hey Lady….well okay I might call her hey lady but then I’d have to find a new vet.
Love you Jenny Jugs, hang in there and you know how to reach me.
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:04 pm (149 days ago)Totally need that girl’s weekend!
Sorry to make your eyes burn:) My eyes are still red and puffy from that weekend!
I got your number!
Vicki
January 18, 2013 at 7:09 pm (150 days ago)Jen, you seriously need to calm it down. Take a deep, deep breath and when you let it out, let out all of your anxiety with it. You are not doing yourself any favors by obsessing over Sherman. All you are doing is projecting the anxiety out around you and it is effecting everyone. You are a great mom, wife and fur kid owner. Try to just let go and let God. It will work itself out; truly.
Now, after scaring all of us and getting a lecture from me, you can go hug your family and tell everyone you love them!
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:10 pm (149 days ago)I know, I know and I know. I need to settle down and to be honest after this debacle I think I have, a little. It was kind of an eye opener to me. I need to stop thinking so negative. I guess it’s because I haven’t had that great of a past with Newfs. There with us for such a short time as it is, I don’t want to be even shorter.
I have to tell you this little story about Bobby. So the day we were suppose to take pictures of Sherman’s leg, my husband told Bobby what was going because he was so worried about me. My husband told him that Sherman might have cancer and Bobby was crushed. He told my husband to call him at school when we found out. at recess when Bobby was playing football he named his team Sherman. He said it was the best game he has ever played and they won.
I love my family so much and I apologized for making this so hard on them for no reason. I don’t want to put them through that again.
Thank you Vicki, as always you are awesome!
2 brown dawgs
January 18, 2013 at 8:23 pm (150 days ago)No one asked me, but I think it sounds like normal and rational behavior.
I don’t think it is all that odd to worry and anyone with access to the web probably ends up in the same boat. As you say a little knowledge can be dangerous. Glad it was not as serious as you first thought. 
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:12 pm (149 days ago)I think it is normal for us to research it too, but I was a serious basket case. Like way overkill with it. I’m just the kind of person who expects the worse and I need to change that.
Dachshund Nola and her Mom
January 18, 2013 at 8:58 pm (150 days ago)You had me so worried! Fingers crossed for Sherman.
I totally get the over panic. Nola has a slightly odd gait, and I booked an appointment with her vet to make sure it wasn’t luxating patella. Which it wasn’t even close to. :O
Nola’s Mom
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:13 pm (149 days ago)Thank you for the crossed fingers!
So glad Nola’s knees were ok! Did you ever find anything about her gait?
Pip
January 18, 2013 at 9:51 pm (150 days ago)This is totally something I would do and have done …work myself into a panic before I have all the facts, lose sleep, ruin a weekend, been there done that …
Hope you get some answers soon! That has to be SO STRESSFUL!
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:13 pm (149 days ago)Thank you! I know you are going through a lot and have so many concerns. Hugs to you Mr. Pip!
Kolchak, Felix & Jodi
January 19, 2013 at 2:26 am (150 days ago)Oh Jen…Yes, what a wretched and awful weekend.. Yes, we’re always a little irrational when it comes to our own pets, aren’t we? I was just as distraught when we found Felix’s wart – totally convinced it was cancer. Thank woof we were both wrong.
Sending loves and healthy thoughts to Sherman!
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:14 pm (149 days ago)Thank you! Those warts can be nerve wracking! So glad that Felix’s was fine!
Karen Friesecke
January 19, 2013 at 11:56 am (150 days ago)You love Sherman, so it’s only natural that you want to try to understand everything that is going on. Dr. Google can be a very bad doctor. When I was first diagnosed with Lupus, and before I went to see the rheumatologist, I consulted with Dr. Google. I found out a lot of scary shit that needlessly freaked me out since it WAS NOT applicable to my diagnosis. Oh yeah, good times
Hang in there, Jen
XOXO
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:16 pm (149 days ago)You know that is so true! Dr. Google is very vague sometimes and can totally lead us down the wrong path!
Lupus is tough, or so I have heard, since I have no personal experience with it. I can only imagine what is out there on Google about that.!
Hope you are feeling well Karen!
Roo
January 20, 2013 at 8:02 am (149 days ago)I think I held my breath while reading this entire post. Whew can breath again.
Thank goodness Sherman is okay! Not really diagnosed yet and not completely healthy yet BUTT okay! Yay!
Now Jen, you on the other paw…BOL! HUGS to you and your family
Waggin at ya,
Roo
Jen
January 20, 2013 at 1:17 pm (149 days ago)Thanks Roo!
I know. I need some help:)
Gizmo (@GizmoGeodog)
January 20, 2013 at 3:05 pm (148 days ago)I can imagine how insane with worry you were and how totally happy you are to be wrong…I’m that kind of worrier myself so I relate
Jen
January 23, 2013 at 9:43 am (146 days ago)Thanks Gizmo!
Stella and Rory from Down Under
January 20, 2013 at 4:05 pm (148 days ago)Howdy All, wowza, what a weekend. We have been through Osteosarcoma with our angel Great Dane, Oscar, and know what you mean about large dogs and shorter life spans. I’m always a bit nutty if Rory limps (for any reason). But, thankgoodness Sherman is ok. I would have freaked too finding a large lump. Sounds like you and the family need a nice quiet, boring weekend to recover! So glad your Vet/friend/workmate knows her stuff and knows you too! Take care all. No worries, and love, Carol (and Stella and Rory)
Jen
January 23, 2013 at 9:45 am (146 days ago)I’m so sorry that you had to go through Osteosarcoma with your Oscar. It’s such a devastating disease.
Jackie Bouchard
January 21, 2013 at 7:42 pm (147 days ago)Oh, I feel for you. Having been through the whole osteosarcoma thing with our last dog, I watch Rita like a hawk now. So, when she started limping I really had to try to not freak out. It’s hard to not imagine the worst when you know “a little” something. Hang in there. Saw you posted some good news though today on Facebook. Yay!
Jen
January 23, 2013 at 9:45 am (146 days ago)I’m sorry you went through it too with one of your dogs. I can understand your concern!
KB
January 21, 2013 at 8:29 pm (147 days ago)Oh, I know the feeling all too well. You sound like I did when I found a lump on Shyla’s left ulna, in the exact spot where K’s osteosarcoma was. I freaked out… and unfortunately, so did my vet and so did the specialist. It has turned out to be a very atypical fracture. I’m so glad that ALL of us were wrong.
And, I’m so glad that you were wrong! You’re right – a little bit of knowledge is very dangerous.
Jen
January 23, 2013 at 9:47 am (146 days ago)I’ve thought about K a lot during this and how scared you must of been. I can only imagine your fear with Shyla’s recent lump! So glad it wasn’t what you thought!
Pup Fan
January 23, 2013 at 9:35 pm (145 days ago)You’re so right. It is for this same reason that I wish I was banned from using WebMD.