Xxterra

Dr Lang came out today to look at the growth in Sweetie's ear. He was pretty disappointed when he saw it and how irritated/raw it is.

He confirmed that it is indeed another sarcoid.




Above: you can see the swollen lump on the outside of her ear

Below: shows the growth on the inside of the ear


Below: Cropped photo of the growth (red area) inside the ear

Dr Lang had a few different options to try.

• The first would be to attempt to surgically remove the sarcoid. This would be difficult because of the location and lack of extra skin to stitch it up.
• Option number two is to surgically remove the ear.
• Behind door number three is Xxterra. Xxterra is a cream that we would apply to the sarcoid daily for four days. We would then watch it for 10-20 days. After that time, if needed, we would repeat the process.

The Xxterra appears to be the best option at this time but I think I will be contacting the vets in Colorado who created the product to ask for advise before we actually use it. On the bottle it says, "Note: If sarcoid is located by cartilage in ear, a hole could occur." This made me nervous with the sarcoids on her head because they were close to the ear (which is why we had those surgically removed instead) but this sarcoid is actually inside her ear. I would hate to leave her with a gaping hole, but I'm sure it's better than any of these other options.

A quick post

Last Saturday Mom and I drove to Sioux Falls, SD to see Grandma for her birthday and spend the weekend with her.

Saturday night after we took Grandma out for her birthday we drove down to The Falls. They were supposed to be lit up in pink lights for Breast Cancer Awareness. We got there around 7 and drove around for a while. It was pretty chilly that night so there were not a lot of people which was nice. I walked around a little and took a few pictures. We only stayed about a half hour and left before the falls were actually lit up- I think the lights were going to come on around 8 or 8:30.

My cameras and I were not getting along so most of the pictures were either dark or blurry, but I was able to get a few good clear ones.

We have an appointment tomorrow afternoon with the vet to come out and look at Sweetie again. The sarcoids that were surgically removed from behind her ear are starting to grow back and now we noticed a large growth on the inside of her ear. The growth is rather large and raw looking. Even looking at her ear on the outside it looks swollen where the growth is. I'm not sure what we're going to be able to do about it, so we'll see what the vet thinks.

On a side note, I found a video from a comedian that made me laugh so I thought I would share.