Weekend Recap

Over the weekend I came down with another cold. I feel like I just recovered from being sick not that long ago. I have had a very sore throat and on Saturday I woke up with a headache and a fever that lasted all day long. It was-int until the wee hours of Sunday morning that my fever finally broke through and I felt a whole lot better. I still have a sore throat and I'm just waiting for the discomfort to pass. Hopefully it won't be much longer.

I had plans to visit with my mom this weekend, and I ended up rescheduling those plans for later this week. Also yesterday morning I had to bring my Apollo for his annual check up and get updated of two shots. After the visit with the veterinarian, I left feeling completely devastated. Turns out the my poor sweet puppy has a small lump on his body and it is most likely made out of fatty tissue. But when we got it checked out our  Vet took some cell samples and found two mast cells that our vet was concerned about. To make a long story short, this mass on my sweet Apollo has the possibility of being cancerous.

My heart dropped when we got this news. We were told that these two mast cells could just be Apollo's body healing some tissue, but is also concern and recommended we look further into it and there is talk about having a surgery that would remove the mass and then have a biopsy on it to see if it is begin or metastasis. The thing is that this surgery is so expensive and I don't know how we will be able to afford it. I am at loss of words. We need to get this checked out and have a biopsy. Only then we can know for sure if it is nothing to be worried about. I just don't know what to do. I need to find a way to make this surgery happen. In the meantime we plan to keep an eye on it to see if it shrinks in size or gets larger and then have s few cells be removed from the mass and re checked out under a microscope to see if those two mast cells have disappeared, are still there, or have multiplied. I am praying for good news.

I am so worried and stressed out over this. He is my baby and I want to do everything I can to help him. I can't stand the thought of my dog suffering and not having the best quality of life. I'm so torn over this. The only thing I have to grip onto is the the 80 to 90 percent chance that this mass my dog has is Lipoma which is a growth of fatty tissue.

All day on Saturday I was just a mess, on top of very concerning news, I was just so sick with my cold. My sweet husband really took good care of me. He made a trip to the store and made me hot chicken noodle soup, he had chocolate ice cream, and ginger ale and he just was an angel.

Sunday I was still sick, at least I did'nt have a fever and a headache that lasted all day. Other than just being generally tired, worried and having a sore throat I have been on my way to getting better. I spent the day at home giving my puppy extra cuddles and trying to think positively. I really hope things all work out and that my sweet boy is not in bad health.