What's a Cone of Shame?

This is Jordan.

And that is his cone of shame.

Jordan is our almost 8-year-old Weimaraner that should be more excited than he seems in this picture.  He is now cancer free.  About 3 months ago, the Vet noticed the lump growing on his left front leg and wanted to run a test.  It came back that it was a group of mast cells, which is cancer.  We were worried, but it didn't bother him.  He was his normal self, which is to say he was slightly shy of doggy insanity.  We'll cover that later.

He had his first surgery back in July, but the doctor didn't get all of the mast cells.  So a few weeks ago, he had his second surgery to remove the cancer from his leg.  So back came the cone of shame.

The reference comes from the Disney movie Up.  It's in Taylor's rotation of favorite movie of the moment.  It's a pretty funny movie if you haven't seen it.  I recommend it.

This is Doug.  See the resemblence?

The problem since I took that picture 2 days ago is not Jordan's leg but his side.  In the picture, you can see the shaved area on his side.  During the last surgery, the doctor decided to remove a fatty deposit on his side just to be on the safe side.  Not a big deal until that area split open yesterday, and Jordan had to go back to the vet.  Turns out it's a medical mystery in that his side had not healed at all.  They had to restitch the area.  Terrific.  Well tonight, he managed to pull all of his stitches out of his side.  Way to go.  So who knows what's going to happen now.  We've got him bandaged up, but got a feeling that won't last.

Looks like another trip to the vet is going to happen next week.  I feel like a wing of the Cabarrus Animal Hosptial needs to be named in Jordan's honor.  I'll tell you Jordan's story later, but I wonder why I didn't get a less troublesome animal than a 70 pound neurotic dog with a penchant for devouring any morsel of food in sight.  Like Doug says in Up, "He is my master, and I love him."  That's my Jordan.