boxers4life2001
Boxer Insane
My fur-brother Cayenne (my mom and dads 9 1/2 y/o Boxer) is having an exploratory surgery tomorrow afternoon to see if the tumors in his abdomen are able to be removed. He is an EXTREMELY high risk patient and there is a great possibility that we may loss him tomorrow :( He has boxer cardiomyopathy so, that alone complicates matters. The tumors appear to be in a difficult place and are located where there are major arteries and vessels, I am afraid the tumors might be intertwined between them and will not be resectable. They have given us several scenarios...... 1)Do nothing and he may have a month or two left. However, as bad as he got on sunday, I don't think we would have more than a month left with him. 2)Risk surgery with his heart problem and see if he can handle it but know he can go into cardiac arrest and die. 3)Do the exploratory but there is a chance that when they open him up that the tumors are not resectable and/or the tumors have spread throughout out his abdomen and onto his organs. Which, if that is the case the decision would have to be made to euthanize him on the table. 4)The best case scenario....... His heart handles everything ok, they are able to remove the tumors, he wakes up and recovers with no complications and he has several more months with us (without being uncomfortable from the tumors.) The tumors already seem to be pressing up onto his colon so I'm sure it is uncomfortable for him now. He did have ultrasound performed and from what they can tell it does not appear to be attached to his spleen, liver, kidneys, etc. However that does not guarantee that is truly the case or that it has not already spread.
I am so afraid of losing Cayenne tomorrow. My dad wants to try and have them removed, he and Cayenne are the best of friends and inseparable. It is a difficult decision to make and I do not feel one decision is better over the other. My parents will be waiting at the hospital during the surgery in case something would happen, they want to be able to say good bye to him and be there for him. Another thing that worries me is Cayenne gets SO worked up at the hospital and I'm afraid that alone will cause him to have a heart attack. The positive thing is I work at the hospital and will be able to be by his side the entire time. I will most likely assist in the surgery and if he makes it be able to recover him and hold him as he wakes up. If he does pull through, I plan on spending the night at the hospital, by his side the entire night to try and keep him as calm and relaxed as possible. If the tumors are able to be removed, the question then will be what type of tumors they are to determine how fast spreading the cancer is.
So if you could, please keep Cayenne in your thoughts and prayers tomorrow . The thought of possibly losing him tomorrow is unbearable. There have been many tears shed since sunday when this all started. I really need him to pull through this for all of us, esp. my father. We could use all the prayers we can get!!!!
I am so afraid of losing Cayenne tomorrow. My dad wants to try and have them removed, he and Cayenne are the best of friends and inseparable. It is a difficult decision to make and I do not feel one decision is better over the other. My parents will be waiting at the hospital during the surgery in case something would happen, they want to be able to say good bye to him and be there for him. Another thing that worries me is Cayenne gets SO worked up at the hospital and I'm afraid that alone will cause him to have a heart attack. The positive thing is I work at the hospital and will be able to be by his side the entire time. I will most likely assist in the surgery and if he makes it be able to recover him and hold him as he wakes up. If he does pull through, I plan on spending the night at the hospital, by his side the entire night to try and keep him as calm and relaxed as possible. If the tumors are able to be removed, the question then will be what type of tumors they are to determine how fast spreading the cancer is.
So if you could, please keep Cayenne in your thoughts and prayers tomorrow . The thought of possibly losing him tomorrow is unbearable. There have been many tears shed since sunday when this all started. I really need him to pull through this for all of us, esp. my father. We could use all the prayers we can get!!!!
