Question For Senior Owners...update Post #1 Home Resting Comfortably

[Ragsysmum]

Good luck! Hope all goes well and you can update us all with good news very soon.

[Guest vahoundlover]

Lots of prayers for a successful surgery and quick recovery!

[Guest mleg2001]

Is the mass attached to the spleen or is it the spleen itself that is enlarged? I have one grey with hyperspleenism diagnosed 2 years ago other than causing him to look rotound it has no impact on his health, we just xray periodically to monitor for growth and check that it is not compressing other organs, I just have to watch if he stops eating or seems to be having problems peeing or pooping as then it can be signs it is causing an aobstruction

 

The E-vets comments on the seizures floored me, as there are different types of seizures such as Partial or Focal Seizures (Petite Mal) that so not result in loss of consciousness

http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-angels.com/site_map.htm

 

 

Prayers that she comes through surgery well

[Greytlady94]

Sending prayers and gentle ear scritches for Cecily.

[Guest PhillyPups]

You and sweet Cecily will be in my thoughts and prayers tomorrow.

[Guest Winterwish]

Cecily is in my thoughts and prayers for a full recovery.

 

What a scary few days for you tho'!

 

Sending good thoughts out to Cecily thru' her surgery.

[DustysMom]

Prayers for a successful surgery tomorrow!

[Guest ss556]

SEnding prayers!

[patricia]

Holding you in my heart prayers this morning. Please update us as you can.

 

 

[Guest tricolorhounds]

Thanks everyone for your good thoughts.

 

I dropped Cessy off at the Vets about a hour ago. She should be having surgery anytime soon. I'll keep you posted as soon as I find out anything.

 

Poor baby had a bad day yesterday. She didn't want to eat anything so it was tough to give her any pain meds. When I got home from work last night I gave her a pep talk. I told her if she just hung on, the Dr would make her fell better in the morning. It seemed to work because she was a lot more alert and active this morning. When I asked her if she wanted to go for a ride in the car, she dragged me out the door to the gate and then to the car.

[grey14me]

let us know as soon as you hear anything! :hope

[Guest vahoundlover]

Hoping all goes well today!

[NancyB]

Sending prayers for your girl

[Guest jade1046]

Waiting to hear good news

[kjw]

Checking in, sending prayers that all is going well.

[Neighsayer]

Hope no news is good news!

[Guest tricolorhounds]

Still no phone call.

[Guest PhillyPups]

Home, checking in, and waiting patiently with you.

[ShantisMom]

Good news! I hope she does well through the night and is resting with you soon!

[Guest LolasMom]

Lots of prayers and well wishes coming her way

[Guest PhillyPups]

YEAH FOR THE GOOD NEWS!!!

 

I know these senior pups can put our hearts in a tizzy with worry. So glad she is improving.

[Remolacha]

[patricia]

Night before last, I had just arrived at work when the phone rang and it was my DD. She said "Mom, there is something wrong with Cecily."

 

What she described sounded like mini seizures to me. I rushed home so that we could take her to the E-Vet. (Another question, why do they always get sick or injured on a weekend night?) Once home, I found her on the floor in my bedroom, the second she saw me, she lifted her head and her tail started wagging so I assumed that it hadn't been a stroke as she was not confused.

 

Once at the E-Vet we described what had been happening. The Vet did not know what was going on but said they were not seizures as she was not losing consciousness. In the hour before we arrived, she had had about 10 episodes lasting 5 seconds where her eyes became fixed and either her head or her body would shake. They asked us to leave her so they could run some tests and observe her. They took blood and only found that she was slightly anemic and had slightly elevated liver enzymes (which she has had for the last 3 years. ) The next step was chest X-Rays to rule out Mets in her lungs from a possible brain tumor. Once they had her on the table, they were able to physically examine her abdomen and found an orange size mass in her spleen area. The chest X-Rays were clear but the Abdominal ones showed them the mass. The Vet called us for authorization to perform an ultrasound to look for free fluid in her abdomen. They found no fluid so she called and said that we could come back and get her to take her to our regular Vet in the AM. They never did observe any of the "seizure like" episodes although once my DD's got her home, she continued to have them.

 

I called my regular Vet this morning, she reviewed their findings and then called me back. She is extremely concerned about performing major abdominal surgery on a 13 year old (Cess is a LabMix.) She told me that even though there is a 50/50 chance that it is not cancer, even the benign masses are loaded with blood which makes it extremely difficult to stop the bleeding. In addition, putting her through major surgery only to find out that there are more cancers filling up her abdomen is not a good thing.

 

What we decided on was to have an ultrasound done by a specialist and try to ascertain what we are dealing with. We still don't even know if this is related to what was causing the "episodes."

 

 

Has anyone dealt with this type of hemangiosarcoma? What can I expect? At what age would you not consider having surgery?

 

Up until yesterday, the only problem she'd ever had was the UTI that we are currently treating. I'm beside myself.. 13 years is not nearly long enough.

 

If you've made it this far, thanks

 

*** Post-Surgery Update ***

 

Dr's are very pleased... It was a softball sized hematoma. Her PCV's are staying stable meaning she is not bleeding. They are going to try to get her to eat later this evening and then if everything looks good, she'll be able to come home tomorrow night.

 

Thanks for all your good thoughts. I know it helped

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Way to go little girl...now eat like a good girl and hurry home where you belong. Sending prayers for a swift and comfortable recovery.

[kjw]

Wonderful news! Sending more prayers for a complete recovery, and quick!

[Greytlady94]

Prayers for Cecily continue.