Tumor is back

Sunday July 8
I don't get it. Will it help if I say I am really upset with the oncologist? It should make me feel better right? MAN! A month ago, before Kerby went in for his 2nd chemo treatment, I told the oncologist that Kerby's breath smelled and I think something is wrong, growing in there again. He "looked & felt" around and concluding nothing was in there. Well, again, on Kerby's 3rd chemo treatment on June 26th, I reported the same issues. Once again, I got the "nope, nothing's there however if you are concerned, we can do radiographs of his jaw."

That was not even a full 2 weeks ago. Now, there's blood coming from Kerby's mouth and so I take a freakin' flashlight and shine in to see this MASSIVE tumor. What the .....? I really don't understand how, if the doctor didn't see ANYTHING (which I am highly doubtful), how this tumor could've grown to 3cm in the week & a half since his last visit! Do the doctors think they are dealing with idiots here? Do they just want me to spend the $ on xrays? I don't get it.

Anyway, I took Kerby to the ER of Georgia Vet Specialists lastnight and sure enough, there's the tumor. No shit sherlock! Where'd you get your degree? UGH! They wanted to send me home and that's it? The surgeon who operated on Kerby is in surgery all day Monday and the oncologist isn't in until Tuesday so the 1st chance Kerby can be seen by the "professionals dealing with this magnitude" is Tuesday. What we did for the time being, was order 3 chest xrays. A good start to see if the cancer spread. From what the DVM sees, nothing to be alarmed about but of course I need to wait until Tuesday for the oncologist and the radiologist to read the results and make a formal determination.

I will bring Kerby in on Tuesday also to see if oncologist wants to "do anything" like a biopsy or who knows what else.

I'm just at my wits end sorta. I do everything I can for my dog to help him out and make him live a pain-free life with this cancer. I just hope & pray the trained doctors are doing the same. I really hope, in a way, the oncologist really didn't see anything in Kerby's mouth and was telling me the truth.

In the meantime, Kerby is still eating his food & drinking ok. No vomiting or diarrhea. However there is blood in his mouth and we all know that I can not stand the sight of blood. It scares me beyond belief!

I will be patient, pray and put it all in God's hands. 'Til Tuesday ....