Daddy's boy - the night before the surgery

Thank you Daddy for coming to visit me on the night before my surgery. Mom told me she spoke with the surgeon again today and guess what? We really are gonna be okay. It may be rough & tough at times, but you know I'm a fighter. Without the surgery, I'll bleed a lot and won't be too happy and won't live very long. At least with the surgery, this ever-so-growing-everyday-massive "thing" in my mouth will come out and they'll know how to take care of me afterwards.

Mom said she was told today that the "18-24 months" time frame was for Oral Osteosarcoma in general. But she found out today, even more so, that it's a lot worse when the cancer is in my upper jaw AND when it's way back in my mouth. Could be 2 months, could be 5 years I stick around here. She said it's harder to get clear margins that way. I know Daddy, what's clear margins? I didn't know either but mommy 'splained it to me. Ya want the doc folks to cut out as much as they can AROUND my tumor to make sure they get ALL the cancer around the bad spots. We're not sure that can happen since my tumor is way back in my mouth on the inside of my tooth close to my brain. But hey, the surgeon says the tumor probably WON'T grow towards the brain b/c tumors usually take the least path of resistance and it's gonna be tough to get thru this skull 'o mine to my brain. So that's a good thing.

Mommy said the surgeon also said that we may need to do both radiation AND chemo. WOW. She wasn't expecting to hear that one today. Radiation to clean & clear up the local area where they may not get all the cancer. And chemo to keep the cancer from spreadin' elsewhere. We'll see what happens tomorrow.

Anyway, Daddy, just wanted to say thanks again for seeing me tonight. Felt like 'ole times. I held the ball in my mouth and tried to get you to grab it; I jumped all over you like I was playin' on a jungle gym once again; you made me dance to those funny American Idols singing Bon Jovi songs (yeah, Daddy, I also like Phil, and Lakisha. Even though mommy doesn't like Blake, he did good tonight). Thanks Daddy for helping me when there was blood, once again, all over my toy. Thank you for taking that away from Mommy having to deal with 2 nights in a row. She's tired and scared and doesn't like blood at all. Oh, and thank you MOST of all Daddy for giving me extra food for dinner (mommy never does that :-).

So, I'm gonna go cuddle up with Mommy again tonight and have sweet dreams and think of good things to come in the next few days. I know that you, mommy, my friends, my family, and of course God are looking after me. I love you all and thanks for praying for me. Let's Roll. We're off to Georgia Vet Specialists in the morning!