Luke had another long day. He spent over 7 hours with his oncologist and her staff at the Veterinary hospital today. He had a comprehensive, day-long physical so that we could make an informed decision about his tumor.
Luke has been poked and prodded, been weighed, been x-ray'd, had hands in his mouth, fingers on his tongue, lights in his eyes, lymph nodes and oil glands squeezed, blood samples, urine samples, cell samples, had instruments stuck in his ears, and thermometers stuck in a place where thermometers get stuck.
He allowed all this to be done to him without snapping at anyone. After 7 hours, I'm not sure I could have been as gentlemanly.
We're thankful for today's news that the chest x-rays revealed that the cancer had not spread to the lungs. We should get the results from the other
tests on Monday, and hopefully the cancer is localized to his mouth. From what we've learned today, we're about to conclude that the best of our "not so great" options is surgery to remove the tumor.
As we were about to leave today to drive back home to the mountains, our intern told us that everyone on the hospital staff adored Luke.
I know how they feel.
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