[Dailydrool] Snoopy update

[Dale Rutz]

Hi all, it's the worrywart momPerson again,

The vet just called.  The good news is that Snoopy's teeth are clean and he is 
awake.

There is other news.  We have been suspecting arthritus in his shoulder which I 
started giving him rimadyl for because he got a REALLY BAD limp.  Well, a 
drooler told me about triple max joint powder so I started that and the limp 
went away.  He hasn't needed rimadyl in a while now.  And he has been playing 
and doing the basset 500 and charging around.  Still, while he was under today 
the vet wanted to shoot a couple of Xray views to check everything out.  He DOES 
have arthitus in the shoulder.  The vet says to continue the triple max and give 
him rimadyl "as needed."    My poor baby boy.  The triple max powder is working 
great and he does NOT limp anymore.  the vet says if we see a limp or he acts 
like it hurts give him rimadyl.

And then the lump.  On exam she told me it was a sebacious cyst and we could 
decide if we wanted to do anything about it next time we cleaned his teeth.  It 
was pencil eraser size.  Well, it got a bit bigger so I told her either drain it 
or remove it when you clean his teeth.  She called me.  She said the lump wasn't 
what she thought it was.  Said it was black all the way through (not red and not 
angry).  She said it came out easily enough and didn't appear to have any 
"linkages" growing back into him.  But she didn't like the looks of it and 
wanted to send it out for pathology.  She did say she thought it was out cleanly 
and should have clean margins if it came to that.

Oh Geez.  Wish me and my sweet little boy in a basset suit luck please.

thanks,
Dale
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