1/24/06 - Bo has now been diagnosed w/ another cancer, Fibro Sarcoma. The good news is that it appears from examination of the surrounding tissue that the entire tumor/cancerous cells have been removed. The bad news is that there is a chance of further tumor development. Every new lump and bump now found on Bo will result in an operation to remove it and have it sent out for pathology.
I do not yet have the report as she is mailing me a copy of it (I do not have a fax) so I will scan it in and have it posted when I receive it.
My vet made me feel a little better because she said, "That if Bo has to be in any home I know I'm glad it's yours for you are the best I've met at feeling any minuscule changes." She seems to have more confidence in my ability than I am feeling right now .... what if I miss something? What if I fail Bo? All I wanted to do was rescue a bird that needed medical help from a unheated storage room ... heal him and find him a home. Now I have a bird that I love to the very core of my being ... who scares me more than anything in my life because our future together always seems so uncertain. Nothing w/ him is simple ... yet I couldn't love him more.
Due to my love for him ... I must do some heavy thinking ... not for life or death but should he stay or should I attempt to find him another home. Letting him go will surely rip my heart out but if he keeps needing operation after operation .... I do not have those kind of finances. It would be different if he were my only bird, but he is not, I have other birds and as we all know birds are a huge financial obligation in a normal life.
I guess all I can do is wait and see ... I don't want to get ahead of myself. Maybe we will get lucky and no more tumors will form. If one does then I will have to consider our options. I feel selfish in not wanting to let him go but I WILL do so if it turns out to be in his best interest.
Please everyone .... focus on no more tumors .... I love him so ...
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