It's time to reopen the story of my ankle angst. For the past couple of months, my left ankle has been bugging me. It started when I was training for the Shamrock'n Half Marathon, about 9 months out from my ankle reconstruction for peroneal tendon subluxation. The familiar pain started up in my left ankle and kind of came and went. I have to admit I think my Wii may have not helped. It's really been hurting the past few weeks. Oh no! I have a Wii injury! How embarrassing!
I went to the doctor today and he could feel the subluxation and he feels pretty confident that the tendon is split like it was on my right ankle. So, I am back in das booty, which is not exactly fresh and new anymore, but I'm going to see if I can get the pain to calm down between now and the end of the month. At some point I have to figure out when to get it fixed.
Now, as for the Happy Pitbulls,we're on pins and needles. Fifi developed two patches where her fur started falling out and upon closer inspection, we found a couple of ominous looking dark patches. You can see one here. We took her to UC Davis for a check up and to have them checked out. She tested negative for fungus and ringworm and mange and that type of stuff so they recommended we do a biopsy on each site. We're still waiting for the results.
Now Zero, also due for his check up, had another squishy spot that we found on his neck. We thought it was just another lypoma (a benign fatty tumor that we're familiar with from our old dogs), but they found some suspicious cells on closer examination. They decided to take some larger samples and send them to their oncology department.
The next day, we received an email and a voicemail telling us that Zero most likely had thyroid cancer. Now I can tell you from experience that I know it's a teaching hospital and all, and I know UC Davis has an amazing reputation for complex medical cases, but this is not the kind of news you want to get via email. Next steps are to do more test to see whether this has spread to his lungs and to make sure he's okay to go under surgery to remove it.
No results back for Fifi.
Not what we expected at all.
This blog was started with the passing of the original happy pitbull, Blauser. And so the story continues. Keep Fifi and Zero in your prayers.
