Ok so he’s all booked in for the initial consult with the veterinary oncology team which will be in 7 days.
In the meantime he’s continuing to improve post-biopsy and has had his last tramidol injection this afternoon.
I’ve also found another smoothie recipe that he absolutely loves so I’ll mention what’s in it here:
Steamed pumpkin (I used a Kent pumpkin), some frozen mixed veggies I defrosted first [peas, corn and capsicum/bell pepper], calcium + D3 supplement, Pisces reptile superfood, vetafarm lizard food pellets soaked overnight in some water, a little extra water to obtain a thick soup consistency.
He absolutely loves this one and has been consistently eating 10ml each day and will open his mouth for more when he’s finished a mouthful.
Hello,
Oh so sorry, I guess I didn't realize you were in Australia! He does look pretty good there, alert &
should be healthy overall. I agree, he should have a good chance at full recovery since his weight
is fine & he is in great physical condition.
He is a lucky dragon, to get such a well thought out healthy smoothie! I am glad to hear that he really
likes it also. Nutritional support is important for times such as this that he's going through. We are all
pulling for him.
At least his biopsy wound is doing well & he hasn't had any trouble thus far.
If there hasn't been any spreading then I think it will turn out very well for him. I really hope he's going
to respond quickly & heal up!
So how far is it to the vet's from where you are? At least they were willing to work with you & do the
procedure.
Keep us posted on him!
Tracie
the usual vet he goes to is 30-40 minute drive from where I am which isn’t too bad since he doesn’t mind car trips (and enjoys listening to his favourite music on the way which is Fleetwood Mac) plus this vet is very knowledgeable and definitely knows what they’re doing.
His usual vet can do most procedures but they don’t have a CT machine being a more regional vet.
The one they’ve referred me to for the chromatophoroma is about a 2 hour drive away and in doing some research about this vet I’ve found they have a very skilled veterinary oncology department and are actually considered THE best veterinary oncology team in the country.
The two vets are in contact so everyone’s keeping updated on what’s going on so this upcoming visit to SASH (Small Animal Specialist Hospital) is the initial consult with the team there to go over his background, current condition and plan out the next steps and then it sounds like after that we’ll organise a second visit for the CT and surgical proceedure there.
This first appointment I’m also planning on asking them about if they want to send what they remove for research into the type of tumor since it is a rarer one and maybe having a decent sample would help people to better understand how it behaves and such.
But like you said at this point I’m confident he’ll have a good outcome given his otherwise healthy condition and I’ve done some more research on chromatophoroma and spindle cell tumors in general and found that they tend to favour the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tract and that tumors in the glottis region seem to have higher success with surgical removal.
He’s also now passed waste three days in a row which is great as that has previously been an inconsistent occurance and I have noted that everything looks perfectly healthy with no abnormal color, consistency or blood present.
