On November 25th, 2008, Clancey was diagnosed with a Nasal Adenocarcinoma, henceforth referred to as a "nasal tumor". I had noticed about a month before this that Clancey seemed tired, he had actually fallen over a couple times while we were walking. I made an appointment with our veterinarian for him, we walked in the front door of the vet office and Clancey's nose started to bleed profusely.
They did some tests and also took an x-ray which indicated that there might be a mass in his nostril but it was hard to tell from an x-ray. It was determined that he definitely had an infection so we treated him with antibiotics. He started to feel better but his nosed continued to bleed, just a slow drip most of the time. His veterinarian was concerned that he might have a tumor, we made an appointment for a CT Scan and that is when the tumor was found.
According to the CT Scan, there is some brain involvement although fortunately, Clancey has not shown any neurological signs to date. I met with an oncologist and we decided to proceed with palliative radiation therapy, his first appointment has been set for Thursday, December 11th.
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