Mast Cell Tumours

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Jac praying that all goes well with your Jeebs

Jaxx

 

[Paula Roberts]

:luck: Jeebs hope everything works out for you. :huggles:

 

[AnnSa]

Bless him, i hope all goes well

 

[weathergirls]

good luck for today hope all goes well for Jeebs

 

[BlueNoise]

:luck: :luck: For Jeebs today

 

[Janimal]

Praying that JEEBS is ok... :luck: :luck: Good luck for today. :huggles:

 

[Cornish]

Thinking of you today, I hope everything goes ok :huggles:

 

[Carol Jepson]

Keeping fingers crossed for Jeebs today Jac :luck:

 

[dessie]

Hope it does not turn out to be a mast cell tumour. Wishing you and Jeebs lots of :luck:

 

[jue332]

Sending Jeebs lots of :luck: :luck: :luck:

 

[Hilary & Hounds]

Here's hopinh all goes well with Jeebs and that it's nothing nasty. :luck: :luck: :huggles: :huggles:

 

[wild whippies]

Well I'm glad to say he's back home. :huggles:

Diane, his surgeon is pretty sure it's a Mast Cell Tumour (MCT) She explained that it was tethered a fair bit underneath (not a good sign) and it's location and appearance all seem to be pointing in the direction of being an MCT.

He's has a generous amount of skin removed which is under tension where it's stitched so no walkies I'm afraid for the time being.

The lab report should be due in a week which is going to be the most important thing. A Grade l being an MCT fully removed with no spread within the surrounding tissue, thankfully this is the most common type. Grade ll is an inbetween stage where additional treatment with radiation, chemotherapy and suprisingly prednisolone can produce a good outcome with survival rates being in years. Grade lll The worst but also the rarest form. With these types the cancer cells are metastising off to other parts of the body and survival is rare beyond 6 months.

I know I've been a bit detailed here but I'm hoping this thread will be useful to anyone else in the same situation in the future.

All my hopes now are pinned on the report coming back as a Grade l but I've pretty much made my mind up that if it is a Grade lll, I won't be putting his last short months through courses of chemo and radiation as his quality of life would be far more important to me. I hope people can respect this. If it's Grade ll and a favourable chance then of course I will pursue this as he could have years ahead of him and he's only 4 years old on the 1st December.

Thank you ALL so much for your messages and PM's, I'm overwhelmed how supportive you've all been. :huggles: Jeebs is currently snoozing on the sofa and being a good lad not fiddling with his HUGE bandage bless. :huggles: Fingers crossed. :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck:

 

[Vicky]

Fingers and everything else crossed that it's either a grade 1 or that Diane was wrong.

Best of luck Jeeby lad :luck: :luck: :luck:

 

[Mabelline]

I have only just caught up with this Jac. I am so sorry about your boy and do so hope things are not as bad as you fear. I also agree with you that the quality of life is of the utmost importance and know you will do what is in Jeebs best interest. Lots of love and hugs flying from my thoughts to you.

Love, Pat xx

 

[jayp]

Wishing you the very best outcome when the results are back, its so hard i know and youre boy is lucky to have such caring owners. :luck: :luck: Jan

 

[lalena]

sending :huggles: :huggles: to a brave boy and lots of :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck: to you both.

 

[kris]

well as i said to you today hopefully it will be nothing bad and hell soon get over his op.but if it is bad news then i agree with whatever youd decide to do for him.at the end of the day i know how much you love him and that you have jeebs best interests at heart.good luck little baba :luck: :luck: :luck: nana loves you little man :huggles:

 

[saraquele]

glad jeebs is home , i hope it is grade 1 :luck: :luck: :luck:

i agree , if it is grade 3 id rather lrt mine live as normal as possible , my friend in dobies had chemo and lost her within 2 months of it starting anyway but she was tired and not happy she wished she had left her to enjoy her last few months

fingers crossed for a positive outcome :luck: :luck: :luck: