Exploritory surgery part 2 UPDATED

Today is the day! In fact as I am writing this as the are getting her ready to go into surgery.
I've had a long weekend with little sleep because she had to go out about every hour to go potty. But this morning I woke up to her being as playful as ever. I think that the antibiotics are starting to work. It just made me so happy seeing her run around like crazy and constantly squeaking her toy like she used to. (And she can squeak toys for hours)

The vet called me and they are doing another blood test to see if her kidneys are okay. I will update again when I hear more. I am one nervous puppy mommy.

**UPDATE** It has been a rough day. I got a call from the vets office while she was in surgery saying it was cancer and it was wrapped around her intestine. They said if they didn't remove it she'd die and even if they were to remove it she could die. I completely lost it and waited a very long hour and half to hear back from the vet to see how she did. Around 1pm I got the call that she was out of surgery and was doing well. Her intestine was pink and doing normal movements and all of her other organs looked very healthy. They are going to send the mass in to get it tested, but for now Callie is doing fine. She has to stay at the vets office for a few days to watch her and make sure her intestine has time to heal and to make sure it functions properly.

Once I heard she was okay I felt so relieved. There is still a lot that has to be figured out. I just pray that this is it and she won't have any other growths. I will be posting updates as we find out more and as she heals.

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Comment by Jennifer Markley on August 30, 2010 at 7:36pm: I'm praying for you guys...hopefully it will turn out to be a non-cancerous tumour. That's so sad...I'm so sorry.

Comment by Lusa on August 30, 2010 at 6:08pm: Another Update:
I just got home from visiting her, she is doing okay but we will have a long recovery ahead of us. When she saw me her eyes lit up and you could just see she was happy to see me despite her lack of movement. She was covered in heated blankets and tubes were everywhere. I spent an hour with her and the whole staff said they were all rooting for her. She's on tough pup.
I also saw a picture of the mass and it was quite large, way bigger than what we saw on the xray. I'd say it was about the size of a softball. And now we wait for her to heal and pray that her intestines will hold up. I gave her an old tee shirt of mine for comfort and I will go and see her again tomorrow.

Comment by Beth on August 30, 2010 at 6:03pm: Oh, I'm so sorry to hear of the tentative diagnosis. I hope she recovers quickly and is her old self soon. A friend at work has a Brittany who had a lump that they were pretty sure was cancer. When they did the surgery and sent it out, the vet said again she thought it was cancer. When they got the biopsy back, it was not cancerous. So here's hoping there's good news of some sort.

Corgi hugs to you and your sweet girl.

Comment by Nicola Porter on August 30, 2010 at 5:39pm: So sorry to hear that, I hope she gets a clean bill of health very soon. Corgi hugs from Lando Oliver, Boots and the redheaded step child Rexx.

Comment by Bev Levy on August 30, 2010 at 4:11pm: So so sorry!! We are praying they got it all and she will be Ok.

Comment by Judi, Dawn, Soffie & Griffyn on August 30, 2010 at 2:54pm: We will continue to keep you and Callie in our thoughts and prayers.

Comment by Nicola Porter on August 30, 2010 at 11:59am: Hope you have good news soon.

Comment by Jane Christensen on August 30, 2010 at 11:40am: Best wishes for today and for the results! Glad she's feeling better with the antibiotics! Maybe she'll be lucky and they can cancel surgery...one can wish!