Rocky had surgery today to remove the tumor from his beard.
He has been home for about 3 hours and is sleeping like a baby. I'm sure he will be a bit feisty when he gets his pain meds tomorrow morning. I will upload a post-surgery picture in a day or two when he starts feeling like himself again.
Thank you! I hope he's back to his crazy self in a few days without any issues. I was a nervous wreck all day today; I had tears in my eyes when I dropped him off.
Scar from tumor removal. A bit puffy around the incision; not sure how much is swelling from surgery. Stitches are internal and won't need to be removed.
Rocky's vet called late this afternoon to check on him (for the 2nd time today!) to see if I wanted to bring him in for some fluids. He's been slow to come out of the anesthesia and I'm also getting worried that he's getting dehydrated. He ate a few bites of salad today and is trying move around some more. Hopefully the fluids will help him perk up a bit.
Rocky is doing great. After getting fluids at the vet, he quickly returned to his normal activity level. He woke up the next day and promptly pooped, ate a huge salad and spent some time running around the house.
Life has been a bit hectic lately, but here is the latest on Rocky the Rescue:
A few weeks ago we received the pathology on the tumor that was removed from Rocky's beard. Not good news...the tumor was malignant and very aggressive. We were told that the type of tumor he had typically spreads to the lungs. We will take him to the vet periodically for x-rays to get his lungs checked.
As of now, Rocky is just as happy and crazy as ever. He isn't showing any signs of slowing down. We are enjoying every minute of every day with him and spoiling him rotten, of course.
Sadly, they weren't able to get all of the tumor. We had to make the very tough decision not to operate again. We are afraid that he won't survive the 2nd surgery as he has advanced yellow fungus as well.
He is very much still full of life! We hope he is able to stay healthy for a good, long while.