Murphy

I am worried. My little Moo (Murphy) is sick and it scares me to death. The past few days he has been eating extremely slow, which is crazy since he is definitely a food wolfer. So I checked his mouth and he had this huge growth. It sort of looks like a chewed piece of gum hanging over his tooth.

Fast forward to today....I took him to the vet and the vet said that in fact it was a growth and also found another one on his side. She wants him in this week to remove them. Not only does the word growth freak me out, but she said that the removal of the growth from the gums is a very painful/bloody procedure. They are going to biopsy it after they remove it, so my big fear that he has cancer will still be lingering in my brain for awhile longer.

I am so worried that something will be wrong with him and since this is my first "real" pet, I don't know how I would handle it. Also, this is one of those things that tests me and my situation. I am in this all by myself. I don't have anyone to worry about it with or to go with me to take him to surgery, or to get any news (be it good or bad) with. It scares me since this is one of my first things I have to do being "single" again. I wish it would have been something easier to handle.

Well Murphy goes in Thursday morning at 7:00 am (bright and early) to have it removed. He will stay all day and I will get to pick him up that night. Please be thinking about us!!!