The Prognosis
Lander has cancer. He has a freaking huge tumor on his leg. We thought it was just his muscle cause he had hurt it before. I've cried and cried. Deal is he needs to get his leg amputated. Not sure what we should do. He is 13 and a border collie. We have an appointment for the amputation Tuesday but are confused.
posted by liz at
5:27 PM
6 Comments:
This is a toughie...would he be happier w/o a leg? Will that take away the cancer? Or would he be happier free and out of his shell?
I know. Thing is that I talked to my friend who is a vet and he thinks that it would have spread by now. We need to figure that out. Gosh this is hard. I really do love the little freaker.
oh my god!!!
liz, im sorry.. holy moly.. poor lander.. it would kill me to see my little pooch running around with out a leg, but i love him too much to just end it cause of a leg...
i would just do the amputation.. i think
Well, turns out that it is a kind of cancer that is pretty localized thank heaven. We had both thought that the vet said bone cancer, which is really bad. But when Bri called him back he said it isn't, and that it is likely that he'll be just fine with the amputation. We are going to get a second opinion.
Ponchie is a little rock star!
Liz,
Thought I would just write to let you know that my family has a three-legged dog (she was hit by a car when she was wuite young and, among a host of other injuries, had to get her leg amputated). She's dealt with it incredibly well and compensates to the point that it takes most people awhile to notice that she's missing a leg.
Wishing you (and your dog) all the best.
--A
Thanks Andrea. My grandparents had the same experience. We just need to figure out whether it is bone cancer or not... that is the issue. If it is than it'll spread no matter what. No one is giving us a clear answer. Most answers are "It could be osteosarcoma, or it could be something else" and further "could bes." Not that it is the vets fault to not know, just sometimes things are hard to diagnose.
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