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.....when your dog (or cat) gets cancer, especially at only 6 1/2 yrs old?????
We ask for it by owning animals, that's for sure......but it really sucks.
Our Siberian Husky had emergency surgery Thursday last week for what they believed to be a tumor on the spleen, which they would "simply" remove (whole spleen, etc). Usually a full recovery unless it is malignant.
Turned out he had a large tumor on one lobe of his liver, and it was also kind of attached to his gall bladder. They feel they sucessfully removed it all (including the gall bladder). But today we found out that tumor was malignant.
He came home Saturday afternoon, but is back in today for a couple days for a leaking incision and also to get fluids and antibiotics, to get him back on track so he'll eat. Was doing fairly well before this.
But they think they just need to get him over this hump from the surgery, and that he may even have a full recovery, which is possible with a "Primary Liver Tumor" as long as it didn't metastasize, and if they got it all.
Day by day..........
This is one good dog that deserves a chance!