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When it presented, one of his fatty tumors ballooned to twice its normal size. The vet gave him a biopsy that confirmed mast cells. Within a week, it had perforated and left a huge, hamburgerish hole in his side that we were told to keep covered, and that it would probably not heal.
Bandages are expensive, so I ordered organic, reusable bamboo breast pads online (10 pack) to use in place of primary bandages. We asked around and received about 10 ace bandages that we used to secure the primary bandages, then bought a rigid back brace to wrap over the top of the primary and ace bandages to make it harder for Skipper to access the wound.
At first we were changing the breast pads several times a day, and each time we would slather one of the following:
- Cold pressed, hexane free castor oil
- EVCO
- Vitamin E oil
To these we would sometimes add turmeric, Lugols iodine. Definitely added Yunnan Baiyou to wound at first when it was bleeding so bad, and also included a pill or two internally the first week. After he healed, we put Dr. Schultze's drawing poultice (look at Curezone for recipe) overnight, and left all bandages off during the day.
After about 6 weeks, the wound closed up completely. We frequently put ice packs over the bandage system to keep him comfortable when the sore would flare up.
Onto the supplements we had him on:
- CannaCompanion cannabis (see their website for specifications)
- Vet prescribed anti-inflammatory
- Turmeric and pepper pills found at Costco
- Green Mush pills (you have to assemble capsules yourself, unless your dog will eat Green Mush mixed into food)
- 2 Benadryll
- 1 Tagamet
- Activated charcoal & Psyllium
- Pribiotic
- Indica just before bedtime towards the end
I attached his regimen. He was put to sleep about a week and a half ago, but I know he would have died sooner and been more uncomfortable had we not followed this protocol. Hope this helps someone out there!
