Kimmiekims
Young Bun
Hi,
Looking for a bit of advice and reassurance about my beloved Kiki, an almost seven year old minilop! A bit of background as Kiki has an extensive medical history! Kiki has an abscess in her lower jaw, it had an atypical presentation as the abscess actualllly tracked up to her cheek which surprised my vet as she had not seen this before! She had surgery to drain it and we have been successfully treating for three years with Betamox injections every two days! She requires regular vet visits for trimming of teeth as they do not wear properly, but she is never sedated for these! She had had two flare ups this year, with pus visible in her mouth, that have required long courses of baytril and fucidin/chloramphenicol eye drops!
In February I noticed a small black patch on her ear with a tiny nodule, less than 1mm! At the time as she was having a flare up of her abscess we took no action, she would not have been well enough and we thought we might lose her then! We have kept an eye on it and it has become much bigger, growing now to around 5mm with a large black border! I was concerned so I brought it up to the vet again who has been keeping an eye on it but was alarmed at how quickly it has grown since her last visit! She has told us that our options are to do a surgery and try and remove it, which is tricky sit to the location being near the base of her ear, or do nothing!
If we do the surgery it will be an anaesthetic and her ear will have to be folded to bring the skin together as it will require a sizeable piece to be removed! I feel that this might be awkward and uncomfortable for her, as well as the obvious worry about anaesthetic risk, especially with her chronic abscess! If we do nothing I am worried it will continue to spread and I will lose her sooner than I need to, but I feel I would be being selfish putting her through a huge procedure she may not survive, especially when there is a chance it has already metastasised!
Sorry for the long post but I don't know what to do, I can't lose her, but I don't want to put her through unnecessary suffering! Does anyone have any advice?
Looking for a bit of advice and reassurance about my beloved Kiki, an almost seven year old minilop! A bit of background as Kiki has an extensive medical history! Kiki has an abscess in her lower jaw, it had an atypical presentation as the abscess actualllly tracked up to her cheek which surprised my vet as she had not seen this before! She had surgery to drain it and we have been successfully treating for three years with Betamox injections every two days! She requires regular vet visits for trimming of teeth as they do not wear properly, but she is never sedated for these! She had had two flare ups this year, with pus visible in her mouth, that have required long courses of baytril and fucidin/chloramphenicol eye drops!
In February I noticed a small black patch on her ear with a tiny nodule, less than 1mm! At the time as she was having a flare up of her abscess we took no action, she would not have been well enough and we thought we might lose her then! We have kept an eye on it and it has become much bigger, growing now to around 5mm with a large black border! I was concerned so I brought it up to the vet again who has been keeping an eye on it but was alarmed at how quickly it has grown since her last visit! She has told us that our options are to do a surgery and try and remove it, which is tricky sit to the location being near the base of her ear, or do nothing!
If we do the surgery it will be an anaesthetic and her ear will have to be folded to bring the skin together as it will require a sizeable piece to be removed! I feel that this might be awkward and uncomfortable for her, as well as the obvious worry about anaesthetic risk, especially with her chronic abscess! If we do nothing I am worried it will continue to spread and I will lose her sooner than I need to, but I feel I would be being selfish putting her through a huge procedure she may not survive, especially when there is a chance it has already metastasised!
Sorry for the long post but I don't know what to do, I can't lose her, but I don't want to put her through unnecessary suffering! Does anyone have any advice?