George
George was in bad shape, May 2nd, 2006
May 3rd, 2006 (the next day)
May 2nd, 2006
George is about four years old. We are his third and last home. This was George the day he came to us (May 2, 2006). He had a large, open, bleeding tumor on his neck and was just just lying at the bottom of the cage when we went on the rescue. The lady said she thought he was dying and she could find no one to take him. The ops manager at Petco recommended that she call us.
George went in for surgery the next day. His ADV test was negative, the huge tissue specimen was sent to the lab, and was also negative.
The needle biopsy of the lump under his chin showed cancer cells. The vet recommended we leave that one alone--and I agreed. Have only seen this twice before--and both were nasty. His lymph nodes in armpits and inner thighs are enlarged. The vet suspects lymphoma...
UPDATED: July 3rd, 2006
Below is a new picture of George. We can`t change the fact that he has lymphoma--but we CAN change the WAY he spends his last days/weeks/months or years!! He is playing now as if he will live forever! He is having FUN!!! Lots & lots of fun.
His fur has (almost!) all grown back from his surgery. He is such a happy boy! He just LOVES running all around the room. (Wouldn`t ANYONE who had been caged for over a year???)
This isn`t the best picture--because it`s hard to get him to sit STILL long enough!! Quite a change from that afternoon on May 2nd, when we brought this boy home...
