It's with a heavy heart that I report that Fletch is not doing too well. The last month or so has been great. He's been taking the stairs and even keeping up with his sister while playing in the yard. However, on October 3rd, I took him into the vet for his 2nd chemo treatment and at the time we noticed a small lump around his incision site and it seemed painful to him. The oncologist took some fluid from it which appeared to be a clearer bloody substance. She diagnosed it as a seroma which is a common side effect to extensive surgeries where a lot of tissue is tampered with and/or removed. She recommended that we treat it with warm compresses and continue his pain and anti-inflammatory meds. The seroma got worse as the days went on and about a week later, another seroma began to form a few inches above the first.
Yesterday, Fletch was clearly in a lot of pain. His seromas have grown to the size of baseballs and are very sensitive to the touch. Additionally, Fletcher is having trouble getting up and laying down without jostling them and he often cries out or whines. So last night, Sam took Fletch to the emergency vet. The emergency vet pulled more fluid from them, which this time came out as just blood, which basically means these masses are not seromas as originally thought.It's very likely that Fletch's cancer has metastasized in his soft tissues and that is what is causing his pain and swelling.
The oncologist is out until Tuesday so we're going back in to see her. At this time, we don't know what this means. We can't really do anything but keep him comfortable until Tuesday.
We'll keep you all updated via the blog as we know more, but for the time being, please keep Fletch in your thoughts.
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