I must admit writing a blog about Louie’s cancer is not easy! If I write this blog than I must acknowledge he has/had cancer and I have always been in denial. Maybe it doesn’t matter because the things I have to do to keep Louie healthy are so intense that I don’t have time to acknowledge whether he has cancer or not!
Well, Back to June:
June 2012 is when Louie began limping after slipping on our new ceramic tile. Naive as I was, he was chasing our new kitten and I figured he slipped and sprained his ankle. April, my partner, took Lou to Calimesa Vet Office and the doctor moved the ankle/leg around and diagnosed it as a sprain…..and sent us home with pain meds and a “Not to worry diagnosis’!
Two weeks later, Louie was still limping and I saw an add for East Valley Vetrinary in Mentone, CA for acupuncture Since Louie’s limp had not gone away I figured acupuncture might work. So off to the doctor we went.
I will never forget how shocked I was when Dr Seoud suggested ruling out Osteosarcoma, bone cancer!
As we sat while they xrayed Louie, April and I barely muttered a word……Cancer…..no it couldn’t be!
Well on that fateful day in June of 2012, Louie’s xrays came back with a spot on the wrist of his front paw! Here’s what we saw. You will notice a shadow in his bone right above the joint. This was considered very suspicious and looking like cancer.
