It's been a horrible few days for our household. I found at the end of last week that my darling Sophie had a mammary lump, and when I got her to the vet they discovered two more smaller lumps deep under the skin 
Sophie had mammary lumps removed just before I adopted her, and unfortunately they proved to be one of the more aggressive forms of cancer. The vet's prognosis for her at the time was 'guarded' so I've always been aware that we might have further problems, but over two years later I was starting to feel that we had probably got away with it, so this was a complete shock.
The vet did a needle biopsy and confirmed the lumps were malignant, and she had surgery on Monday. She's recovering well, but I'm still waiting for a full lab report as to what sort of cancer it is. I'm totally in bits, of all the dogs I've ever had Sophie is the one who melts my heart every time I look at her, I really can't bear to think I might lose her.
Then to make things worse my little fifteen-year-old Benji terrier who we adopted earlier this year had some funny warty lumps - one on each front leg and one on his head. The vet decided at the time that they were probably best left alone, but over last weekend one of them started to swell and ulcerate and became quite nasty, so he was in surgery on Tuesday having all three of them removed
He's also bounced back amazingly well, and in his case it seems that the tumours were very low-grade and we are unlikely to have any further problems (other than keeping him in a 'lampshade' for another week or so so he doesn't pull his stitches out, which he's definitely not happy about), but he's generally bouncing around and barking and being his usual little pain-in-the-arse self :wub: :wub:
Not a good week - I'd really appreciate some good thoughts Sophie. I should get the results on Tuesday, so I'm just praying they won't be as bad as I fear
Sophie had mammary lumps removed just before I adopted her, and unfortunately they proved to be one of the more aggressive forms of cancer. The vet's prognosis for her at the time was 'guarded' so I've always been aware that we might have further problems, but over two years later I was starting to feel that we had probably got away with it, so this was a complete shock.
The vet did a needle biopsy and confirmed the lumps were malignant, and she had surgery on Monday. She's recovering well, but I'm still waiting for a full lab report as to what sort of cancer it is. I'm totally in bits, of all the dogs I've ever had Sophie is the one who melts my heart every time I look at her, I really can't bear to think I might lose her.
Then to make things worse my little fifteen-year-old Benji terrier who we adopted earlier this year had some funny warty lumps - one on each front leg and one on his head. The vet decided at the time that they were probably best left alone, but over last weekend one of them started to swell and ulcerate and became quite nasty, so he was in surgery on Tuesday having all three of them removed
He's also bounced back amazingly well, and in his case it seems that the tumours were very low-grade and we are unlikely to have any further problems (other than keeping him in a 'lampshade' for another week or so so he doesn't pull his stitches out, which he's definitely not happy about), but he's generally bouncing around and barking and being his usual little pain-in-the-arse self :wub: :wub:
Not a good week - I'd really appreciate some good thoughts Sophie. I should get the results on Tuesday, so I'm just praying they won't be as bad as I fear
