Hi Laurie!
So he's still doing good? That's nice to hear. Other than the increase in size of his tumor, of course. (From an egg to a raquetball?? Mine's still a raquetball..........for now) Hopefully it's not a fast grower..........that's the best case for our 'kids' now..........
I found my girl in the spare bedroom this morning, she was kind of hiding out of sight. (Isolating) I guess she was really hurting. When I offered her some 'medicine' (She knows that word!) she immediately jumped up & tried to run to the refrigerator, but ended up losing her footing & fell onto her chest!! She recovered quickly, but I was mortified! I thought today was going to be the day.................so I ended up bringing her to the Vet today so he could have a look at it. I wanted to make sure it wasn't broken or anything, and as it turns out, she's still O.K.
But I
will say that she is less active today, and didn't want to go outside at all. Over the last couple of weeks she's been very happily going out & laying down right outside the door just looking around & exchanging barks with the neihbors dogs for an hour or so. (She lays at the bottom of the ramp I built for her.......there are two steps and I didn't want her to break her wrist)
I had the very same questions for the Vet today, and he told me that they do NOT stop growing, in fact, tumors grow exponentially, (Faster & faster as time goes on.........) but that every tumor grows at a different speed. He went on to tell me that he's seen some dogs only last a week from DX, and others that lasted up to 5-months!! (This is all without treatment, of course. Just pain management)
He said not all of them are prone to breaking, but that it is a very real possiblity. That is the LAST thing I want for my girl!! That is NOT the way I want this to end for her.
I think we're getting close now...........
Best to you & Lucas!!
Mike