Introduction: Roo and Java (13 y/o Labrador retriever x) adrenalectomy advice

[labblab]

Hi Roo, I'm so happy, too, about the biopsy!! That is just fantastic news!! Please give Java some gentle hugs from me, and tell her she is a very brave girl. I'll keep watching for all your updates, and I have every confidence that Java will just keep on improving every single day.

Marianne

[Skye]

So happy for the positive outcome of all this!!!!!!! my little girls is scheduled for November 28th.........we are as well hoping for all the very very best. I am soooo very happy and glad to here good things reported on your end! whootwhoot all pet children are saying cyper high "paws" ((((hugs)))))

[Squirt's Mom]

Oh, Roo!

I am tickled pink with the results of the path report! I know you were so relieved to hear the news!

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

[Jenny & Judi in MN]

love the happy picture and congrats on the path results! When you described the length of her scar I winced but it looks like your trooper is handling things just fine!

[Cyn719]

Roo - that picture is so funny when she was having her ultarsound - she looked like she was having a good time!!!!! She looks pretty good for 2nd day post op - way to go Java!!!!!! Will be looking forward to seeing some more pics!! HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Roo]

Today is Java's 13th Birthday today! We don't know her actual birthday since she is a rescue dog, but we arbitrarily chose November 5th as the day to celebrate. Of course this year is special, since it wasn't too long ago when we were wondering if Java would make it to her birthday. I gave her some chicken today for her special treat.

The link to the picture above was a photo of her that was taken today. She's squinting because the sun is in her eyes, but I think you can see from the picture how well she is doing. She has her old appetite back, is now making it up and down the stairs without assistance, and has gone back to her old patterns such as greeting us at the door with her favorite duck toy. The other day she tried to run after a squirrel, she scared me because I was thinking about her stitches. I guess that's what Ken was saying about her wanting to feel her oats soon!

I think she feels so much better than she did when she had the tumor that she is wanting to do more and more. We will have to see what the doctor says is OK for her to do, when she gets her stitches out on Nov. 17. I know he is going to be really pleased with what he sees, because she was still frail when she left the hospital...she couldn't even wag her tail when she saw us, and was limping on her back leg. Maybe he will clear her for going for walks, that was her favorite thing to do before she got sick, but for the past few months, she was too sick to want to do that.

[Roo]

Roo - that picture is so funny when she was having her ultarsound - she looked like she was having a good time!!!!! She looks pretty good for 2nd day post op - way to go Java!!!!!! Will be looking forward to seeing some more pics!! HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Java actually was having a good time at the ultrasound. She is a very happy-go-lucky lab, and I'm told she was very cooperative. I couldn't be there to see it, my husband took her for the ultrasound and snapped the picture on his phone. I guess the staff loved her, that's not the usual reaction when they put a dog on their back for an abdominal ultrasound!

[Squirt's Mom]

She looks so good! I am glad to hear that she feeling so much better - that is wonderful!

Happy 13th Birthday, Java!

[Harley PoMMom]

So happy to hear that Java is doing so well and she looks just beautiful in her picture!

Happy Birthday, sweet Java!!!

Love and hugs,
Lori

[Cyn719]

happy 13th birthday java!!!!!!

she looks so good in her picture - glad the recovery is going well!!!!!!!

Hugssssssss