TonyD
One Shot One Maggie's Drawers
A few weeks ago my best'est bud, Beau Miller, developed a small ulcerated sore inside his right cheek. Nothing much was thought about it as it was like a sore when you happen to bite down on your cheek when you're eating. About a week and half ago (over the weekend) it doubled in size overnight, and doubled again by Sunday. An appointment was made on Monday for the following morning to see the Doc. He didn't like what he saw and suggested a biopsy right then and the tissue was sent to the histpathologist at the University of Georgia.
Beau used to be Hell-on-wheels when he was a little younger. In fact, had he had the inclination he would have made a hell of a Marine and that's the best compliment I could ever give someone. That's probably why we hit it off so well. Some of his more notable escapades include playing paparazzi and chasing Kim Bassinger and her grandmother down the road in their neighborhood outside of Atlanta one afternoon. He once had some neighbors that had a mutual dislike for each other. So, the next day after the neighbors took possesion of their brand new Mercedes, just before they were heading to church, he decided to get in the back seat and 'christin' it. I won't reveal what he did as I'm not really sure of the statute of limitations on this one. More recently he was one of the more 'colorful' ushers at my wedding this past September all 'spiff'ed' up in a tux.
Anyway, another tumor was noticed this past weekend on the right side of his neck along with a swollen lymph node. He received the results of the biopsy yesterday as melanoma and was immediately referred to an oncologist in Jacksonville, FL. I drove him to the oncologist this morning for consultation and further testing. Five hours worth of abdominal ultrasound, aspirating the new growths, blood work, urinalysis and chest X-Rays. They do their own in-house work-ups.
At 4:00 this afternoon we received the results. Metastatic Melonoma which has already invaded both lungs. One to two months of expectency with no treatment except hospice care. The only possibility is a trial study of a new drug being ran at the Univeristy of Florida - Gainsville which is set to start the beginning of the week. We're trying to see if he can be a accepted on short notice even with the pulmonary metastisis but it just doesn't look good.
Beau is my 13 year old cocker spaniel and he is the King Of Cool. The best buddy a guy could ever hope for.
Beau used to be Hell-on-wheels when he was a little younger. In fact, had he had the inclination he would have made a hell of a Marine and that's the best compliment I could ever give someone. That's probably why we hit it off so well. Some of his more notable escapades include playing paparazzi and chasing Kim Bassinger and her grandmother down the road in their neighborhood outside of Atlanta one afternoon. He once had some neighbors that had a mutual dislike for each other. So, the next day after the neighbors took possesion of their brand new Mercedes, just before they were heading to church, he decided to get in the back seat and 'christin' it. I won't reveal what he did as I'm not really sure of the statute of limitations on this one. More recently he was one of the more 'colorful' ushers at my wedding this past September all 'spiff'ed' up in a tux.
Anyway, another tumor was noticed this past weekend on the right side of his neck along with a swollen lymph node. He received the results of the biopsy yesterday as melanoma and was immediately referred to an oncologist in Jacksonville, FL. I drove him to the oncologist this morning for consultation and further testing. Five hours worth of abdominal ultrasound, aspirating the new growths, blood work, urinalysis and chest X-Rays. They do their own in-house work-ups.
At 4:00 this afternoon we received the results. Metastatic Melonoma which has already invaded both lungs. One to two months of expectency with no treatment except hospice care. The only possibility is a trial study of a new drug being ran at the Univeristy of Florida - Gainsville which is set to start the beginning of the week. We're trying to see if he can be a accepted on short notice even with the pulmonary metastisis but it just doesn't look good.
Beau is my 13 year old cocker spaniel and he is the King Of Cool. The best buddy a guy could ever hope for.
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) And I can't wait to see Beau. 
