Beechie guinea has been in considerable (gut) pain for the last 8 months....only relieved by metacam ...whic long term *** wreck his kidneys .....
Recenty he has been diagnosed with a mass - 4-5cm on Xray, It MAY be the souce of his pain but it's NOT definite.
It MAY be attched to the spleen...or the pancreas...or the liver...or the gut. ...we don;t know untill we "go in". Anythings else but the latter I am confident my vet can deal with.
He will need exploratory surgery - a 6-9cm incision...and f the mass is attached to the gut, we willl just be taking a biopsy and sewing him back up again...and in that case the long term progonsis isn;t very good at all....although I am confident he won;t have a problem with the surgery (stitches etc) per se.
Regardless - he needs to have a GA and have an 6-8cm exploratory incision....at a cost of £250 plus.
If it's anything but the gut ****... I am confident the vet can deal with/excise /close hin up................... and he will have a goodl life.
He is currenty chipper (although never ever as much as he was previously)...and this op could be the end of him.....or give him a much happier pain-free life
This is the most difficult decision I've ever had to make in my l;ife....positive input would be really appreciated as I have no idea which way i should turn for Beechies best interests......
Been in tears 3 nights running.......
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Recenty he has been diagnosed with a mass - 4-5cm on Xray, It MAY be the souce of his pain but it's NOT definite.
It MAY be attched to the spleen...or the pancreas...or the liver...or the gut. ...we don;t know untill we "go in". Anythings else but the latter I am confident my vet can deal with.
He will need exploratory surgery - a 6-9cm incision...and f the mass is attached to the gut, we willl just be taking a biopsy and sewing him back up again...and in that case the long term progonsis isn;t very good at all....although I am confident he won;t have a problem with the surgery (stitches etc) per se.
Regardless - he needs to have a GA and have an 6-8cm exploratory incision....at a cost of £250 plus.
If it's anything but the gut ****... I am confident the vet can deal with/excise /close hin up................... and he will have a goodl life.
He is currenty chipper (although never ever as much as he was previously)...and this op could be the end of him.....or give him a much happier pain-free life
This is the most difficult decision I've ever had to make in my l;ife....positive input would be really appreciated as I have no idea which way i should turn for Beechies best interests......
Been in tears 3 nights running.......
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