Update...
Orson's biopsy came back as condrasarcoma, which isn't the worst of the cancers to treat...However, the Vet feels the real issue is the heart based mass.
Orson is going for an MRI in the first week of January, and in the meantime he will go to the hospital tomorrow to tap off all the fluid he is building up.
The vet is now also talking to many other specialists to determin the right angle of treatment...I consider this decent news, since the cancer isn't the worst that he could have had.
The frustrating part is the delay in everything since the holidays...but worse is the delay casused by another vet....Orson had an appointment for a free MRI on Dec 4th, but the Vet called and canceled it because he felt Orson should get a biopsy first, and now I found out he should have had the MRI first, and that vet totally messed everything up with canceling the appointment...He should have left it alone, it was free, and it would have aided in his diagnosis, so by him canceling the MRI, he basically pushed the next possible MRI date to January...A month later again.
All these delays are really disturbing, and lead me to lose faith in the ability, and knowledge of the doctors...This is why I keep questioning them, in addition to the fact that the vet handling Orson doesn't seem well educated on his illness...SO I am basically forcing them all to actually seek advice from other vets, and be more investigative in this matter.
I am totally put off at the moment by how much I am fighting for a simple diagnosis, and treatment plan, short of them telling me to put Orson to sleep, I haven't heard a reasonable alternative.
I'm willing to take a chance, and try to do something...I can't allow my baby to just simply die, when I believe there has to be an alternative to simply doing nothing at all...I'll keep you posted.
Jeff
