6/11/2013

This is what her wound looks like after they took the dressing off...

The long incision is where they did the lobectomy.  So the Dr. called me at work yesterday to inform me that Chiquita does have stage 2 cancer and recommended that we meet with the oncologist.  I told the Dr. before her surgery that if it was cancer that we did not want to do chemo but just keep her comfortable.  It is so nice that she is not coughing anymore now that the mass is gone.   We will just enjoy our days with our little girl and see what happens.  We love her, she has been with us 12 years.

the smaller incisions is where the chest tube was inserted. 

Of course they shaved a lot of her body, so it will take a while for her hair to grown back.  The sutures will be taken out in 10 days.  I hope she can not get to it when she starts itching from the healing process.