Hi everybody,
My name is Miss Kitty, no I’m not a furry feline! I am a spoiled rotten 80# minus one leg lab mix.
Three weeks ago, while on a walk with my boyfriend Dennis, I felt a sharp pain in my left hind leg. We babied it for a few days before visiting Dr. Lewis. (Did I tell you I DON’T LIKE VETS?) An x-ray showed that my kneecap was WHERE IT DID NOT BELONG! Dr Lewis thought, oh-oh, remember that knee fracture from 2 years ago? I think the mineralized ligament has torn. Time to go to an orthopedic specialist at GVS (Georgia Veterinary Specialists).
Oh-oh again! Dr. Cross did not think my knee looked like something that had been healing for 2 years. Back we went 2 days later for a bone biopsy.
3 days later I get the bums rush, back to my family vet to get a lump rmeoved from my front left elbow! Really? A bum knee and a bum elbow on the same side? Doc thought it was spindle cell sarcoma and sent thta stupid lump for pathology.
Meantime, the bone biosy came by Chondrosarcoma, a rare cancer of the cartilage. The treatment? Whoa! Amputation! Yikes! Mom jumped into her typical research mode and found tripawds.com. Dad/boyfriend went into denial. But both docs advised waiting on the second pathology before making a decision.
Last Friday we got comfirmation of spindle cell sarcoma in the elbow. With this information we requestion a phone consultation with the orthopedic surgeon. He was n