Hey guys, just a quick update.
I’m staying at the (low) Quality Inn down the street from the WSU Veterinary Hospital tonight, and Bear has been released to spend the day with me today, and tomorrow, (To reduce stress/anxiety) and on a whole is doing great.
The incision along his skull is 6 inches long, and the tumor they removed was the size of a baseball. Keep in mind, his head is considerably smaller than yours… :S
Following that - Bear is staying with one of the medical students who has generously offered to house him for the next 4 to 5 weeks, whilst he gets radiation treatments.
I didn’t know this at the time, but the WSU teaching hospital here is one of the top veterinary destinations in the world. People fly their race horses for treatment here from Europe, and they have experts in all kinds of fields. This is one of the most impressive places I have ever seen in my life - and to boot, because it’s a teaching hospital, prices are significantly reduced, and more effort is willing to be made.
I was wholly unaware of this going in… but had I gone to any other neurologist in a 2,500 mile radius, the most likely response I would have received was that it was too-late for Bear, and that they wouldn’t operate.
WSU has a reputation for doing whatever it takes if they believe their is a chance… this has paid off huge for Mr. Bear. Keep this in mind for your friends and families animals later. Huge difference maker.
Mr. Bears case has also been so successful so far, and the staff at WSU has been so impressed by YOU HERE AT A&A.ORG! and the fundrazr, that they want to post Bear’s story on their website. I’m going to give them permission, and obviously tell them to “protect the names of the innocent”.
Thank you guys for make this even possible… I don’t know what else to say, other than you’ve saved Mr. Bear’s life. And that you’re a bunch of hero’s!