A spoonful of thanks!
Over the holidays we offered an option for our customers to donate a percentage of their order to our favorite nonprofit, Molly’s Mutts and Meows, http://www.mollysmuttsandmeows.org. As a result of your generosity and donations you were able to help save a life. Please read the e mail below and continue to donate to your favorite nonprofit.
Thank you,
Popsalot
Hi Guys.
Sugar asked me to send all of you a thank you note since she does not have opposable thumbs.
She is so very grateful to all of you special people that donated for her care.
Her foster mom is taking such good care of her.
She is so very grateful to all of you special people that donated for her care.
Her foster mom is taking such good care of her.
What’s next for Sugar?
Dr. D. gave us the lab results and they were exactly what we wanted to hear!
She said the eye lid mass was a parcel gland abnoma, which is a pretty common eyelid tumor.
Once you remove it they go away.
(This is unlike the mast cell ones which can come back.)
She removed the eye lid growth first.
She thought they eye lid growth may be something OTHER than a mast cell tumor and didn’t want to risk contaminating that area with mast cells.
All others masses were Grade 2 mast cell tumors.
There are 3 grades and all along the docs have been saying they were likely grade 2 which are most common.
Most were removed completely with good margins!
The only one that wasn’t perfect was the knee which was expected, but she did say the disease seems to be ALL within the sample which is a great sign! Ideally the margin would have been bigger but that’s the best that could be done in the knee area.
Moving forward, Dr. D. recommends treating any future masses that pop up medically (and also medically trying to PREVENT them).
She recommended we see Dr. D. at the Animal Surgical and Emergency Center (ASEC).
This was music to my ears as I LOVE Dr. D. and have used her for my own dogs.
Dr. D. uses a combination of a Steroid and Anti-Neoplastic (sp?) agent to medically prevent/treat the new tumors.
We want to try that for Sugar.
Dr. D. gave us the lab results and they were exactly what we wanted to hear!
She said the eye lid mass was a parcel gland abnoma, which is a pretty common eyelid tumor.
Once you remove it they go away.
(This is unlike the mast cell ones which can come back.)
She removed the eye lid growth first.
She thought they eye lid growth may be something OTHER than a mast cell tumor and didn’t want to risk contaminating that area with mast cells.
All others masses were Grade 2 mast cell tumors.
There are 3 grades and all along the docs have been saying they were likely grade 2 which are most common.
Most were removed completely with good margins!
The only one that wasn’t perfect was the knee which was expected, but she did say the disease seems to be ALL within the sample which is a great sign! Ideally the margin would have been bigger but that’s the best that could be done in the knee area.
Moving forward, Dr. D. recommends treating any future masses that pop up medically (and also medically trying to PREVENT them).
She recommended we see Dr. D. at the Animal Surgical and Emergency Center (ASEC).
This was music to my ears as I LOVE Dr. D. and have used her for my own dogs.
Dr. D. uses a combination of a Steroid and Anti-Neoplastic (sp?) agent to medically prevent/treat the new tumors.
We want to try that for Sugar.
So next stop – Dr. D. at ASEC. 
Again…thank you all for your care, compassion and your generosity.
Sugar is sending you lots of licks of love…and Molly is sending you a hug.
Again…thank you all for your care, compassion and your generosity.
Sugar is sending you lots of licks of love…and Molly is sending you a hug.
Photos of Sugar, post-op are included.
The LAST photo is a distant cousin of Sugar….but I could not resist the comparison of our own blue hippo of love.
The LAST photo is a distant cousin of Sugar….but I could not resist the comparison of our own blue hippo of love.
My best-Molly
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