The furries are safely back in their own yard. They were both pretty happy about that. Unfortunately, they will both be spending the day at the clinic next Wednesday. Bandit's eye cyst requires surgery to remove it. It'll just come back if the blocked gland isn't just cut right out. He had one before on the same eye, but this one is on his upper eyelid. The last one was on the lower lid. Oddly enough, that's the good news, except that Bandit has remarkably good teeth for an 11 year old dog!

Paxil's lump is another mast cell tumor. This is the third time the cancer has come back. Words you never want to hear your vet say "you know she's already beat the odds twice", especially when he says them in his reserved for delivering bad news voice! Her tumors are always grade 2's, the least predictable of the mast cell grades. Fortunately, this one is small and in an easy to remove place, under her front leg, lots of extra tissue around it so he should be able to get a good clean margin around the tumor. Mast cells get angry when they are poked and prodded. It tends to make the tumors grow and they need to be removed quickly.

I booked them both for the same day, a week today. That was Dr. Rick's first surgical opening and I want him treating them. They are both seniors so surgery comes with a few extra risks. They'll be getting blood work done before they are put under.