On Fri, 04 May 2012 20:53:04 -0400, Earl wrote:

John H. wrote:
Took Kiya, our 'shelter hound' English Pointer to the vet yesterday to see about a 1/2 inch bump on
a rear leg. The bump was diagnosed as a mast cell tumor. She goes in today to get it, and about a
1/2 inch of flesh around the tumor, removed. Hopefully, the edges of the incised flesh will be
'clean'.

Keep fingers crossed. If a believer, a little prayer might be in order.

Our Lab, Buffy, had one of these also. She went for radiation treatments at North Carolina State for
a month. The radiation worked - she was free of mast cells for about seven years, when she was
finally downed by a nerve sheath tumor on her shoulder. Those things are horrendous.

Sorry to hear that. How old is Kiya?

Earl

She was five in March. We've had her two years now. Got her from the pound.

This one:

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