MightyMax
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Thank you, any help would be much appreciated! I'll send you a message!
You're welcome, and thanks for your PM.
I shall get back to you very shortly xx
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Thank you, any help would be much appreciated! I'll send you a message!
It is good to investigate all your options. Sending you and she more positive vibes.
Thank you for the good vibes! She's been for a biopsy this evening so hoping to have the results of that soon. The Royal **** vet school in Edinburgh have been consulted and they are happy to see her, they think removing her ear would be the best option, I'm going to look into rabbits who've been through it.
Kiki's biopsy came back as confirmed malignant melanoma, it's been a bit of a shock even though we were fairly sure that's what it was! She had her CT yesterday at the Royal D1ck, they were able to do it conscious which is great! We haven't got the results yet, but should have them soon! The exotics department will liaise with oncology after that to see what treatment may be an option!
I am sorry that your fears were confirmed. I hope that there will be some suitable treatment options for Kiki to enable her to remain comfortable for as long as possible x
Kiki's biopsy came back as confirmed malignant melanoma, it's been a bit of a shock even though we were fairly sure that's what it was! She had her CT yesterday at the Royal D1ck, they were able to do it conscious which is great! We haven't got the results yet, but should have them soon! The exotics department will liaise with oncology after that to see what treatment may be an option!
Thank you! You're right, she remains completely oblivious to it, she has no symptoms and is still behaving like her usual cheeky self! It was a shock to have it confirmed, it's so rare I really hoped we were wrong, but deep down I knew that wouldn't be the case! Still, I remain hopeful we can come up with a course of treatment that will keep her as well as she can be for as long as possible! So grateful for all the help and support!
Here is a picture of her with her ear shaved, its like a reverse badger stripe! https://flic.kr/p/2bsL9vm
We got the results of Kiki's CT back which showed no spread of the melanoma! We were really worried it would show it had spread as we noticed a lump under her ear the night before and it's in the location of the lymph node, although they think it is just reactive rather than a spread of the cancer! We are so relieved, I felt so guilty we hadn't acted sooner, even though she wasn't well enough at the time when it first appeared!
The Royal D1ck have recommended removing the whole ear and lymph node and probably doing a dental too as there were significant changes to her teeth! Our own vet is going to perform the surgery on Monday, hopefully she will have no bother with the anaesthetic, but I am worried about that!
Once she's come through her surgery I am going to have my vet liaise with the Royal D1ck again to see if the melanoma vaccine is an option to prevent it coming back or spreading! I don't like the idea of giving chemotherapy to a rabbit, so this is something I'd rather avoid as much as possible!
Thank you everyone for the good thoughts, it's so appreciated! x
We got the results of Kiki's CT back which showed no spread of the melanoma! We were really worried it would show it had spread as we noticed a lump under her ear the night before and it's in the location of the lymph node, although they think it is just reactive rather than a spread of the cancer! We are so relieved, I felt so guilty we hadn't acted sooner, even though she wasn't well enough at the time when it first appeared!
The Royal D1ck have recommended removing the whole ear and lymph node and probably doing a dental too as there were significant changes to her teeth! Our own vet is going to perform the surgery on Monday, hopefully she will have no bother with the anaesthetic, but I am worried about that!
Once she's come through her surgery I am going to have my vet liaise with the Royal D1ck again to see if the melanoma vaccine is an option to prevent it coming back or spreading! I don't like the idea of giving chemotherapy to a rabbit, so this is something I'd rather avoid as much as possible!
Thank you everyone for the good thoughts, it's so appreciated! x
I’m so glad it hasn’t spread:thumb; sending lots of vibes for the op xx
Wow that's great news that it hasn't spread
Loads of good vibes for the surgery on Monday x
I really hope that Kiki's Surgery will go well. Sending lots more vibes x