Frances had her second surgery to remove the remaining mammary tumors two days ago. As I mentioned, her pre-op exam turned up an unrelated tumor on her vulva. A fine needle aspirate showed mast cells, and the vet removed it during her scheduled surgery, since she was already going to be anesthetized. He also wanted to get it off her ASAP, because mast cell tumors are malignant.
We’ll know more about that and the remaining mammary tumors when the histopathology report comes back next week. In the meantime, this surgery ended up costing about $500 more than anticipated. That’s a huge chunk of money for me, especially given that I’d already used up all my padding with the previous surgery.
But guess what? You can help by buying stuff! Everything shipped to US addresses will be sent Priority Mail with tracking, usually the next day (same day when possible), and if you order soon USPS swears it will be delivered before December 25th.
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