July 8th - I take Zoey in for surgery in the morning and they will have her for the full day and I can pick-her up the following day. At about noon I get a call from the doctor, as they were shaving her and prepping her for surgery they found three more masts and, in the doctors professional opinion, should all be removed. I agreed and signed off on the extra large surgery. Zoey pulled through like a champ and was recovering well. I had an appointment to pick her up at 3pm the following day (Friday).
July 9th - at about 10am I get a phone call from the doctor's office and in the back ground I can her the distinctive whining of a dog that was not happy. The doctor had called to see if I could pick Zoey up early as she was recovering well but was very vocal about not wanting to be at the doctors any longer.
July 12th - The doctor called with the results of the 4 tumor biopsy. All four masts were Apocrine Carcinoma and had been fully removed, however indications that it had spread to the lymph nodes had been evident. A cursory examination of the lymph nodes showed everything normal but, as the doctor said, "this is the fastest growth of carcinoma I have ever seen." I decided to go to another specialist.
July 20th - Upon a referral from the surgeon, I am sitting in the office of a Veterinary medical oncologist. This doctor specializes in cancer of pets only. She does an examination of Zoey and finds that the lymph nodes are a little swollen, so she decided to do a fine needle aspiration. Basically they take a long needle and take a blood sample directly form the lymph node itself to see if cancer cells are present. The results indicated a large amount of cell growth and it was confirmed that the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes and it was very fast growing. Prognosis 3-6 months.... We talked about different methods and decided that Oral Chemotherapy was the way to go.
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