We finished up the school year on Friday and I have a whole summer of freedom to contemplate. I enjoy my job, but I enjoy sleeping in and persuing other interests too, so I am lucky to be able to get the summer off.
The summer is not starting out on a great note, however. About a month ago Shady started bleeding from her rear-end every time she had a bowl movement. I took her into the vet and Eric said her anal glands were really full. He cleaned them out and said that she shouldn't have any more problems, because big dogs don't tend to have gland problems. Unfortunately she continued to bleed. When I got back from Mexico I took her back in to have her glands cleaned again. Eric was surprised that they were already full, and he put her on an antibiotic just in case an infection was causing the problem. After about a day on the antibiotics I could tell that she felt a lot better, but she continued to bleed. We finished the antibiotics and I took her back in on Thursday because the bleeding continued and this time he finally found a tumor just inside her anus. My poor coonhound will be going in on Monday for butt surgery, and hopefully this will take care of the problem once and for all. Eric says that the chance of this being cancerous in a dog so young is very slim, but he also seemed surprised that she would have this problem at all. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I won't be losing another dog to cancer so soon. Keep your fingers crossed for the coonhound!
3 comments:
Oh my gosh! That is a terrible situation. I do hope all turns out well. Hurrah, for the summer off however. Do you have any plans? We must get together.....
Poor Shady, this makes me so sad! Nobody wants butt problems... I will cross my fingers that it is just benign and taking the thing out solves the problem.
Thank goodness for sweet freedom, I wonder if I will ever experience it!
I know I will never experience the sweet freedom. I am on the 'work until I die' program. I guess as long as I can stay employed I won't complain.
I know I DO NOT want butt problems! We are definitely crossing our fingers for a good 'out come.'
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