Hi everyone
I wanted to ask advice, our little boy Archie is 8 years old now. he has been with us for 5 years and is loved very much by his two wifeybuns. Unfortunately they each spend half a day each with him as they fight - long story but basically he is very important in their lives.
So we went on holiday in January for 3 weeks and came back to Archie (buck) having a huge growth on his left shoulder. We were horrified, no one saw it:-( they didnt handle them much - we noticed it straight away and he went in for surgery - recovered well over a few weeks and we were so relieved....until it started to grow back in the exact same spot. We urgently sent off the first growth for analysis and its come back as a soft tissue grade 2 sarcoma. We are heartbroken.
Tomorrow we will be going to the vets to have a physical examination - we think it has grown across his little chest and its hurting him if touched or moved otherwise he is running about the garden and being his usual beggar bunny whenever I am at the fridge.
So - after the physical that might be the decision made - its no point in operating as its woven into his shoulder joint, across his chest and who knows where else around his chest.
Or we might get advised that its possible to operate and lets do a radiograph - take a lateral & DD view and check if its entered into the bone. If it has - then no operation will take place. If it hasn't we have to decide right then to go ahead or not as he will be under GA for the radiograph and the op if it goes ahead.
So our worry is this, if we decide to operate if its not in the bone - and if we couldn't get it all last time and now its spread across his chest - really what are the realistic chances of getting it all out this time?
Also last time his muscle had to be shaved so already its thinner, how much muscle can we take out without really impacting his quality of life? and across his chest?
Also if it came back so soon after the first surgery - the chances of it coming back again seem high to us, so do I want to prolong his life going through surgery when quite a few weeks of that will be recovering form surgery and not so great for him?
Do I put him under GA for a radiograph, spend a lot of money knowing that I dont want to operate anyway because I think we might not be able to get it all out anyway if its all grown into his shoulder joint?
I am devastated, the bunny girls will be devastated, he is such a sweet bunny, who has shown his appreciation at being welcomed int our family, being given bunny friends after never having any and we love him so very much BUT he is living in the moment right now, he is happy, eating, running about the garden and enjoys a fuss. i dont want to put him through surgery to achieve nothing...again.
If I knew we could get it all out for sure, that it wouldn't come back, I would do it. But he just had surgery and cage rest etc and its back again and grown loads in two weeks whilst we waited for the removed growth to be analysed. :-(
I have also gone down the homeopathic med route and will possibly give that if we cant/decide not to operate...so its something at least.
Anyone who has had experience of these horrible sarcoma's - i would appreciate hearing your thoughts, anyone who has advice please share.
Feeling heartbroken, i was planning his little 9th birthday in June :-(
I wanted to ask advice, our little boy Archie is 8 years old now. he has been with us for 5 years and is loved very much by his two wifeybuns. Unfortunately they each spend half a day each with him as they fight - long story but basically he is very important in their lives.
So we went on holiday in January for 3 weeks and came back to Archie (buck) having a huge growth on his left shoulder. We were horrified, no one saw it:-( they didnt handle them much - we noticed it straight away and he went in for surgery - recovered well over a few weeks and we were so relieved....until it started to grow back in the exact same spot. We urgently sent off the first growth for analysis and its come back as a soft tissue grade 2 sarcoma. We are heartbroken.
Tomorrow we will be going to the vets to have a physical examination - we think it has grown across his little chest and its hurting him if touched or moved otherwise he is running about the garden and being his usual beggar bunny whenever I am at the fridge.
So - after the physical that might be the decision made - its no point in operating as its woven into his shoulder joint, across his chest and who knows where else around his chest.
Or we might get advised that its possible to operate and lets do a radiograph - take a lateral & DD view and check if its entered into the bone. If it has - then no operation will take place. If it hasn't we have to decide right then to go ahead or not as he will be under GA for the radiograph and the op if it goes ahead.
So our worry is this, if we decide to operate if its not in the bone - and if we couldn't get it all last time and now its spread across his chest - really what are the realistic chances of getting it all out this time?
Also last time his muscle had to be shaved so already its thinner, how much muscle can we take out without really impacting his quality of life? and across his chest?
Also if it came back so soon after the first surgery - the chances of it coming back again seem high to us, so do I want to prolong his life going through surgery when quite a few weeks of that will be recovering form surgery and not so great for him?
Do I put him under GA for a radiograph, spend a lot of money knowing that I dont want to operate anyway because I think we might not be able to get it all out anyway if its all grown into his shoulder joint?
I am devastated, the bunny girls will be devastated, he is such a sweet bunny, who has shown his appreciation at being welcomed int our family, being given bunny friends after never having any and we love him so very much BUT he is living in the moment right now, he is happy, eating, running about the garden and enjoys a fuss. i dont want to put him through surgery to achieve nothing...again.
If I knew we could get it all out for sure, that it wouldn't come back, I would do it. But he just had surgery and cage rest etc and its back again and grown loads in two weeks whilst we waited for the removed growth to be analysed. :-(
I have also gone down the homeopathic med route and will possibly give that if we cant/decide not to operate...so its something at least.
Anyone who has had experience of these horrible sarcoma's - i would appreciate hearing your thoughts, anyone who has advice please share.
Feeling heartbroken, i was planning his little 9th birthday in June :-(