We had a hefty scare with Turbo this morning. I’m still feeling a bit anxious right now, so my writing will probably be even less pretty than normal.
In January, we took Turbo in to the Vet’s one morning after I noticed him acting strange; pacing around and acting rather anxious. When I bent down to check on him, not only could I hear his heart beating (from a good few feet away), I could see it pumping in his chest. After rushing him to Dr. Newby’s, we found out he had a heart murmur. Some pain-killlers and a few blood thinners and we were set.
Last night, Carleen called me at work with the same problem, she gave him some of his meds we had leftover and everything looked to be all right. However, shortly after I got home this morning, he got worse. The pacing started up and when I picked him up to try to relax him, he yelped in pain. After that he started limping around, unable to settle or get comfortable. We called Dr. Newby’s office, unfortunately he’s on vacation today. So his nurse told us to take him to another vet.
We took him to Dr. Clinkenbeard’s, nearby Carleen’s parent’s house. Dr. Clinkenbeard was out in Copan on another emergency, and Dr. Bullen was at a Vet meeting. Just our luck. Luckily Dr. Clinkenbeard was on his way in from the other emerency, so we only needed to wait 10-15 minutes. Minutes that just would not go by. Turbo seemed only to get more and more anxious, yelping in pain, almost as if from a seizure.
They got him some x-rays and it looks as though he may have cancer. He has a large mass of something in his stomach about the size of a tangerine. The doctor thought it may be cancer, but he wants to wait until tomorrow morning when Dr. Bullen comes in so we can get a second opinion.
After looking around for a bit, I found the 3 main symptoms of stomach cancer are:
- Vomiting
- Weight Loss
- Loss of Apetite
As far as I know, he hasn’t shown any of those symptoms recently. He was vomiting a bit a few months ago, but it certainly wasn’t anything chronic. And his weight has only increased since we got him. Though he can be a finicky eater at times, I wouldn’t say he’s lost his appetite. All this is encouraging, but I still worry, and both Carleen and I will not sleep well until we get some kind of definitive answer. I’ll post more when we hear more.
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