Linda and Murphy's Blog – August 2011 Archive (2)

Murphy's biopsy results are in and it is melanoma.

We are headed to LSU Vet School tomorrow to meet with the oncologist.

I pray that it is localized. I don't know how I could have found it any sooner.

Murphy had surgery yesterday to remove the bump on his nose. She took a biopsy and we are waiting on results.

I am so proud of the boy.  The vet was able to do it under local! The vet tech, one of our favorite people, held his head while he was in a sitting position (this is Murphy...so that head was about 40 inches off the floor). They deadened his nose with lidocaine and waited to see if she needed to sedate him with anything else. She said the only issue they had was with…