My 12-year-old Bichon boy, Cosmo, is having surgery tomorrow to remove a growth from his tongue. The vet took a biopsy a week ago and the lab report came back inconclusive. Although the report did not say the growth was malignant, it also did not say it was benign. My vet recommended removing the growth for Cosmo's well being. If there is anything bad in there, hopefully removing it will take care of it. It's small and Dr. Kris said she can remove it with a good margin and it still won't be a very big wound to heal up. The lab should be able to give us a definite answer after examining the whole growth.

I lost my Bichon girl, Lacy, last July to cancer in her mouth. Needless to say, I'm very worried about Cosmo and very scared right now. Cosmo's is very different from Lacy's, but it's like considering the difference between a car wreck and an airplane crash - both are bad and no one wants to go there.

I will stay with Cosmo, will hold him on my lap for the go-to-sleep shot and he will wake up in my arms when the surgery is over. He was very scared and disoriented when he woke up last week, yelped and howled. As soon as he was awake enough to recognize my voice, he calmed down and was OK. Not something I'm looking forward to going through again.

Jeanette

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Jeanette, Cosmo, and Lavender (and Angel Lacy, who now has her wings)
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................. Lavender ..................

Hope all goes well for little Cosmo

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Please know little Cosmo and you will remain in my prayers until he is safely back home with his family. Blessings, Deb

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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. ~~Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Think positively! I'll be praying & thinking of you & Cosmo. Let us know how it goes. I think it's great your vet lets you hold him when he goes to sleep & wakes up. I don't know if my vet would let me?! I'll have to ask her.

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My Lacy was very timid and traumatized at the vet's office, so I always stayed with her for a dental. She went to sleep in my arms and woke up in my arms. Never knew she left me. Cosmo has become more attached to me since Lacy has been gone, and I wouldn't do any less for him. Last week was just the second time he's had his teeth cleaned. My vet is a very nice gal and she puts up with me. She's very gentle with the dogs, stayed with me while Cosmo woke up and kept checking with me and Cosmo until he was awake enough to go home last week. She knows how apprehensive I am about tomorrow's surgery. I'll be right there if Cosmo needs me!

Jeanette

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Jeanette, Cosmo, and Lavender (and Angel Lacy, who now has her wings)
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................. Lavender ..................

Keep us posted on little Cosmo! I will be pulling for him!

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"Having heard all of this, you may choose to look the other way.....
but you can never say again that you did not know." William Wilberforce 1759-1833

Prayers for little Cosmo! Keep us updated.

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Any update on little Cosmo after surgery???

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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. ~~Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)