Mervyn lives in Ireland and is 6 years old next month. Mervyn is an amazing dog and is a central part of our family and we love him dearly.
1 month ago, 3 May 2019, he had his right forelimb amputated due to a high grade mast cell tumor in his paw. He is doing really well in his physical recovery but it has been a tough time.
It all happened so fast, we found the lump and were in the vet the following day, test results were back in a few days and in another 2 days his leg was gone.
Thankfully tests so far show it has not spread but Chemotherapy has been recommended which started Monday 20th spanning 12 weeks.
No side effects after first Chemo session with Vinblastine however the 2nd session has been delayed by 2 weeks due to low white blood cell count. He has been on anti-biotics and we re-run bloods tomorrow 4 June.
We are giving careful thought to proceeding with the chemo only if Mervyn doesn’t experience any side effects and we are waiting to see if we can establish prognosis from a proliferation panel test. We are looking at forums re chemo or no chemo and mast cell tumors.
We are very grateful this community exists, it has been an incredible source of support and advice so far and we have downloaded the e books which are extremely helpful.
I’m sharing Mervyn’s story to thank those who have done the same because only for the other incredible dogs who have gone through this and their parents telling their stories, we could not have coped as well as we have done so far.
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How did yesterday’s vet visit go?
Glad to see you started a blog for Mervyn, we are so looking forward to following along on his adventures. Admin is going to help you pick a theme for your blog so it looks better, stay tuned!
Hello and thankyou, i had difficulty trying to sort out the theme and gave up so happy for someone to help out.
Mervs 2 nd chem went ahead so i should update hos blog i suppose : )