I just got home with Loki. He is doing *wonderfully*. The vet used the word 'amazing' to describe his condition. He tolerated this invasive surgery (removal of his spleen and three masses in his abdomen) much better than he tolerated removing a lymph node from his throat for biopsy a few weeks back. His strength, energy and alertness all seem almost at normal healthy levels. His weight is down of course, just by virtue of the weight of things that were taken out of him, but his appetite is excellent. The first thing he did upon getting home was dig into his food dish. The vet even says he would swear the remaining lymph node in his throat seems smaller than it was before. Loki will get his stitches out August 12th. We won't start chemo/prednisolone till then at the earliest. Of course Loki still has lymphoma. But for now I'm very pleased to see my boy doing so well. -- John, Caregiver to Loki, Kody and Abby With loving memories of Buddy, Cassie, Sammy, Buster, Pandora, Tommy and Jasper [Posted in FML 7534]