Thank Goodness for Eye Gunk

[Linda and Murphy]

A few of you have asked how I found Murphy's melanoma. Here is the story.

 

Every morning I clean Murphy's eyes. They are always full of eye gunk (or boogers, as Joanne says).

It is such a routine, that he will even bring me the washcloth. Because of this, I noticed a rough spot on his nose. I thought Finn had bitten or scratched him (like all the rest of us). It seemed to heal up, but I washed the scab off and it bled profusely. I thought that was quite similar to the skin cancers I have had so I took him to the vet, thinking she would totally blow me off as a neurotic mom. Well, she didn't. It was black. We gave it one week and it was no better so we did surgery.

 

So, thank goodness for eye boogers!

 

 

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

They are talking about radiation?  Did I miss this somewhere earlier? I hope not, Linda.  Thinking happy thoughts!

 

And Peri eats her eye boogs too..nice & salty!

[Leslie and Halas]

I'm happy you caught it early. Thanks for sharing this, so that we can all be aware.

[Ginny Nightingale]

Linda--I just posted a discussion about melanoma and whether or not the spot my dog Mattie has on her lip looked like melanoma.  Someone mentioned this incident with Murphy so I searched for it and read these comments--sounds like it had a happy ending, but so scary to go through. If you get a chance, can you find my discussion on the main page and look at the pics of what Mattie has? If you read through the comments I added what my daughter told me about melanoma in dogs after I posted the discussion (she is a vet) but Murphy's sounds a lot like what Mattie has. Hers is smooth though and I guess that can make a big difference. We are checking it out at the vet tomorrow.