[Gpdd] [HEALTH] C.J.'s Surgery

[sherry bevins]

Greetings to our friends at GPDD,

     First of all, we would like to offer our heartfelt condolences to all 
who have recently lost a beloved piggie friend. There seems to have been so 
many in recent months. Having lost 4 piggie pals this year, we understand 
how much it hurts. Thankfully, we have our precious memories to help get us 
through when we are missing our fur babies so much.
     It seems like we've had one thing right after another with our piggie 
pals this year. This past Tuesday, C.J. had surgery to remove a large mass 
from beneath his lower jaw. He seems to be recuperating nicely at this 
time...he is eating and drinking almost normally. I say ' almost normally ' 
because he had his incisors filed down while he was under anesthesia, and he 
has trouble now biting off pieces of carrot. Otherwise he seems to be doing 
well. He turned four years old on September 16th, and so we were worried 
about his having to undergo surgery. But it had to be done because this 
tumor grew so fast...it at least doubled in size from the time I took him to 
the vet to have it checked out, till the time, one month later, that it was 
removed. I have' before and after' pigtures of him on the website, if anyone 
would like to see them. He has a large incision that we are taking care of 
and which seems to be healing nicely.  The poor fellow was also found to 
have cataracts in both eyes...one worse than the other, and a lipoma on his 
chest. This has been there for a while and has shown no signs of getting 
larger, so the vet decided to leave it alone for now. They also found a 
small calcification in his mammary area which I understood to be of no 
significance. Flick also had one of these, but it has always remained small 
and I understand that as long as they remain that way  they are harmless. So 
much going on for such a little fellow! We are, as usual, just taking it one 
day at a time and cherishing each day that we have together. He is such a 
loving little guy...I just hope that he's going be okay.

With healing thoughts for other piggie friends who may not be feeling well,
Sherry and the piggie pals
www.piggiepals4u.blinkz.com