Runester

I brought Snow back to the vet tonight. His assistant removed three or four staples and two or three stitches. He did not have her remove them all, because there is still some strain on the scar and he did not want to rush it. I’ll have to return next week for another check-up.

The bad news, is that the biopsy results are back, and the mass they removed from her was malignant. “Fibrosarcoma, moderate grade of malignancy. … often recur after surgical excision.”

Though she seems to be doing fine, moves around fine, eats and drinks fine, and has gained a pound since the last visit (good!) – there is a good chance that the tumor will recur. I’ll have to keep a close watch on her and make sure to get her into the vet as soon as I feel anything out of the ordinary.

I’m a little upset. I know that she is an older cat, and that she will die just as we all die. I just didn’t expect a diagnoses of cancer or the threat that when I’m not looking she’ll grow very ill and die, possibly in pain. Still, this is the time we have together and so I’ll try to make the most of it and hope for the best.