big day for my boy

As it turns out the fungal tests came back negative and there's a very high chance we're talking cancer here so yesterday I took Mr. Buster in to an orthopedic specialist and surgeon I highly recommend, Dr. Wendleburg at ASG (Animal Specialty Group) in the Los Angeles/Glendale area and he confirmed my own intuition and very sure it was cancer. There also were no broken toes (!) and a cast was the worst thing to have put on him! How can I trust that vet that made those conclusions? Always go to a specialist.

So today Buster is going in for a limb amputation. Dr W. was courageous enough to tell me what he thought should be done instead of leaving me to guess. The confidence he expressed that if it were his dog, he wouldn't hesitate to amputate and give chemo, made me feel it also was the best thing to do. Buster is worth a second chance. A really hard decision to make, but I feel he's in good hands. He is in surgery right now. I'm hoping of course for the best. This is going to be really tough on him and is a calculated risk. But it is to eliminate worse pain anticipated in the future and have the ability for more loving time with him.

(And with Sophie, initially "seen" by a regular vet who said just use a little topical itch spray, it turned out to be, (after I took her to a dermatologist and he shaved the area) an extensive horrible rash, that in the end was the deciding factor of her life. I decided the treatment and everything else that was wrong with her as too much for her to endure any longer and had to have her put to sleep. So now I won't go to either of these doctors again. Too many mistakes! And I let them know it too).

Praying for my boy.