I Have a Plan... Well at Least a Step

Three cheers! I heard from Dr. Beckwith yesterday. She (and the Cancer Center team) got a chance to visit with Dr. Burns and we have a recommended next step... surgery.

Taylor will be going in for his second surgery next week. The details still need to be worked out, but the surgeons felt there was enough tissue left before his sciatic nerve that could be removed. This would give us our best chance of just eliminating the cancer cells all together. I feel so lucky we have a world recognized Animal Cancer Center right in our backyard. This is something we should definitely not take for granted.

Even better, I think I'm starting to see more of a long term plan forming...

1. surgery
2. if margins are clear - we will monitor but there is a good chance there will be no recurrence
3. if margins are not clear OR no tumor cells are found - we will wait and watch

It seems radiation is only going to come into the picture if we find groupings of tumor cells and hopefully it doesn't come to that. I would be nice to not put his body through that type of treatment if not needed. More to come...

In the mean time, Taylor gets groomed tomorrow... it's been eight weeks and he is furry! With the heat we have been having it will be nice to be trimmed up again. Watch out Jay... we're on our way!

And then there's our Andre. Poor guy doesn't know what's coming... more barricades in the house and even worse... I'll be working from home for a bit to help Taylor recover. This is really going to mess up is routine and schedule. I think he actually likes having the house to himself while we are away at work.