{"id":16565,"date":"2019-09-28T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=16565"},"modified":"2019-09-28T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T05:00:04","slug":"spindle-cell-tumour-saturday-28th-september-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2019\/09\/28\/spindle-cell-tumour-saturday-28th-september-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Spindle Cell Tumour – Saturday 28th September 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spindle Cell Tumour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alfie has a spindle cell tumour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We got the results from the lab for Alfie\u2019s lump when I went for my injections yesterday. It was not good news. Apparently, it\u2019s something called a spindle cell tumour and it is malignant. There weren\u2019t enough cells to be able to get much information on how aggressive a tumour it is, so at the moment all we know is that it may progress slowly and shouldn\u2019t spread through his body. There may be others in neighbouring areas, so Mum will monitor him closely. One problem with it being on his spine is that we already think it might be causing some pressure and may account for some of the times his back legs aren\u2019t keen to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019d had another panic attack on Thursday night and was in a bit of a state, so Mum was already worried about him. She spent quite a bit of time with him on the kitchen floor, just comforting and reassuring him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Important job<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mum sat me down and said it is her job to be there for Alfie,\nbut it\u2019s my job to be there for her. I\u2019m on it. I didn\u2019t get off to a glorious\nstart as I was a complete coward at the vet for my jabs. In the light of the\nnews that followed I feel a bit selfish. I\u2019m just not good with pain. The bit\nthat didn\u2019t help was how much I wriggled when I had my kennel cough vaccine up\nmy nose. Mum\u2019s bad back had been quite a bit better until then, but apparently I\u2019ve\nmade it worse again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steak for tea<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I can see a trend developing here and I think that trend will\nbe spoiling Alfie at every opportunity. Mum says if he has only got a\nrelatively short time left with us then she is going to make that time as good for\nhim as it possibly can be. That meant her first job was to go to the butcher\u2019s\nto buy him steak. He did let the rest of us have a very tiny amount, but he had\na small steak all of his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suppose I can\u2019t really complain. Mum dropped my unbreakable\nbowl yesterday and not only did it break but she then cut her finger on the\npieces. She said she\u2019d buy me a new one and let me choose the colour. My new purple\nbowl is arriving today, which is so exciting. It is especially exciting as it\nwill be the first time I\u2019ve been bought a brand new one of my very own and\nhaven\u2019t had to make do with a paw-me-down. I hope she fills it with lots of\nfood so I can really make the most of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a lovely Saturday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alfie has been diagnosed with a spindle cell tumour. Now we just have to see what happens with it. He really is very precious.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[109,50,93],"class_list":["post-16565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-alfie","tag-entlebucher","tag-wilma","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}