Confused and Overwhelmed-Diagnosed Anal Sac Carcinoma (Woody has passed)

[goldengirl88]

Tracy:
Woody would not like it here right now we have about 5-6 inches of snow on the ground. It was too cold for Tipper to walk with her heart, and breathing condition this morning and she is being rather naughty. She wants me to know she is annoyed at the no walk policy. I am going to take her in a while when the temperature moves up at noon. Wishing the best for you and dear Woody. I can just picture him in that outfit running around the house. Blessings
Patti

[Woodydog]

Oh go Tipper being naughty love it. No I,m afraid you wouldn't get Woody out in that where as me I,d be out like a flash. My last JRT loved the snow and we would play for ages at snowball fighting I would make a snowball and throw it and he would try and catch it. Woody has been good today and we picked up his meds from the vets so fingers crossed we can get this colitis sorted once and for all. I have noticed that he is back hiding behind the TV unit when I,m in the kitchen doing dishes making a noise, this is where he goes when he is stressed, so although he is good I need to take him back to basics and try and get his stress levels back down. He always hid here when he first arrived from the rescue and I had gotten him out of doing it. So tonight we did a bit of clicker training which he loves and we went back to doing his TTouch and he was relaxed and asleep in no time, so we will keep up with this and hopefully it will help his stress levels.

I have put up pictures of him in his fleece it is an equafleece and has the wickering effect so it makes him feel secure.

[molly muffin]

Love the pictures. Wow, is wound looks so good! Just 3 weeks, that is pretty amazing. I love the pics of him in his fleezy. How adorable is that.

Well, it was over all a bit of a traumatic experience and I think Woody and you both handled it very well. Hopefully he will pop back into his normal secure mode in not time.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

[Roxee's Dad]

Great pictures of that handsome boy... While I was perusing the photo's I thought, only here would we appreciate a descriptive picture of a doggy's bum... LOL

You did a wonderful job of taking good care of Woody

[Woodydog]

Evening everyone, Woody is doing just fine and is almost back to the Woody he was before the surgery. My niece has been staying with me this weekend as I,ve not been too well and the doctor has put me on bed rest boo hiss. I guess the last few months of worrying about Woody not sleeping, not looking after myself has finally taken it's toll on my health. I've had my thyroid meds upted to should hopefully help so my lovely niece has been looking after Woody for me. She won't let me do anything and Woody is loving the attention she gives him, but wait till I tell you what the little blighter got up to at 3am this morning. He was sleeping with Rachel and I was fast asleep and was woke with her screaming help so I rush to her room turn on light and she is pulling at the duvet shouting Woodys stuck over and over it took me a few mins to realise that Woody had un popped the buttons at the bottom of the duvet and crawled in between the duvet and the duvet cover and couldn't find his way back out I got him out in 2 minutes and the panic was over. He came out with a look of "not doing that again" look on his face. My niece was a bit upset but we did laugh afterwards he is a silly dog. Hope everyone had a good weekend and all pups were safe from the storms

[molly muffin]

Woody!! Oh he is something eh.

Gosh, I do hope you are taking care of yourself too! You have to, it just won't do to get Woody all fixed back up and then to have you on the down. Hopefully you'll be feeling better in no time at all.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

[goldengirl88]

Tracy:
I am so sorry to hear you fell ill. I know the amount of stress you have been under, and it can really bad things to you, I know first hand. Now that Woody is back to himself, he is going to have to dawn an apron and wait on you in bed!! I am sure he would do that after all his mom has been thru for him!. You niece continues to be a gem. What a wonderful girl you have there. I laughed so hard about Woody in the duvet. He is so comical, I bet he keeps a smile on your face every day. God Bless you all.
Patti

[Woodydog]

Evening I am feeling a little bit better, and am getting my strength back, I was that busy getting Woody better and making sure he had all his meds that I forgot my own meds and my body just crashed on Friday night My lovely niece has gone home this morning as she works during the week, she has been my saving grace through all this bless her she is only 18. I haven,t heard back from the oncologist yet he was suppose to ring me last week about a plan for Woody maybe he,s still researching. I should get his urine results this weeks so we will see if that throws anything up. I,ve been monitoring his water intake and its creeping back up, its sitting almost as much as it was before all this and as we all know what goes in must come out, so we,re back to pee pads at nights only due to still having the colitis he needs to poo during the night as well and won,t do it in the house so I,m having to get up with him, he is ravenous hungry again and throws his food dish at my feet and barks, its quite funny. So the original problems pre Terry are still there only during the last month have they got a little better, which I have put down to the surgery etc. Could this be the adrenal gland throwing this up I don,t know, could it still be cushings I don,t know, looks like I don,t know much lol other than Woody is happy and still making me laugh on a daily basis, so I will take that for the moment.

[goldengirl88]

Tracy:
I am so glad you feel better. I do that also, I take care of all of Tipper's things and neglect my own meds etc. My first thought when you said Woody has symptoms like pre Terry was the adrenal gland. There has to be something going on that he is exhibiting Cushings symptoms. Did you say he had an Ultra Sound on the adrenals?? If so is there any tumor there or can't they tell? I wish things did not have to be so complicated with these babies. Is Woody waiting on you hand and foot??? He sure is a cute little rascal. Blessings
Patti

[Woodydog]

Tracy:
I am so glad you feel better. I do that also, I take care of all of Tipper's things and neglect my own meds etc. My first thought when you said Woody has symptoms like pre Terry was the adrenal gland. There has to be something going on that he is exhibiting Cushings symptoms. Did you say he had an Ultra Sound on the adrenals?? If so is there any tumor there or can't they tell? I wish things did not have to be so complicated with these babies. Is Woody waiting on you hand and foot??? He sure is a cute little rascal. Blessings
Patti

Patti - they can,t tell but believe its a tumour in the adrenal is the primary tumour of his neuroendocrine cancer, and one is 9.9 and the other is 5.2 Woody is not doing his duty and looking after me only in the smile category but he is keeping me warm by not leaving my side