POOR

VIPER

Well as you all know I am a huge animal lover! I have way to many pets but they are like my children! I love them all so much people truly can not understand! So we adopted Viper last July from Colorado Rocky Mountain Great Dane Inc. and I love her so MUCH! She has been the best dog ever! Well she came to us with rotten teeth and several lumps. There were 2 really big lumps one on her front paw and one on her back thigh. The lump on her foot started to grow in January. Finally it grew so big that I could not take it anymore and I scheduled her surgery. I was so nervous, I could not even sleep! She is 9 years old and that is really old for her breed. But she has been in perfect condition no health problems except her teeth. So I worried and stressed all weekend before her surgery, praying that she would do okay with the anesthesia. So last Monday she had her teeth cleaned and 6 lumps removed. 4 hours of anesthesia and I was a wreck!! I did not place her IV, draw her blood, NOTHING! I could not even watch! Her teeth were really bad, she had 10 bonded sealant, gum surgery, and dental radiographs done. Then her lumps were taken off via laser. She woke up wonderfully, and had really good blood pressure/heart rate. I was so relieved when it was over. Well we sent off the lumps for a histopathology, they came back cancerous. I was sick to my stomach all over again. After all that she has cancer. Well the pathologist said that her mass on the thigh needed additional tissue taken off, so she had surgery again today. Hopefully we got all the cancerous tissue this time and I can rest a bit. She is such a good dog and she is worth every penny we spent! She is doing well she recovered from her surgery very quickly today and is resting in my office right now!













One of her Tumors!