Hi,

Well after fairly little thought we decided to skip the surgery. It's
incredibly invasive and would potentially involve removing a rib as
well as leaving a large incision. We can't see putting him through
something like that, especially at his age. 4 or 5 maybe, 12 no way.

It looks like the tumor is well differentiated and hasn't
metastasized, it's about 4.5cm in diameter. At this point it appears
it will just get larger and eventually impact his breathing and
overall health. Optimistic guess is 9-12 months before his quality of
life starts to be seriously impaired, although it could be shorter or
longer. We're just going to monitor it with x-rays every 90 days to
make sure we catch anything that might result in discomfort/pain, such
as spreading to other areas, and enjoy him while he's here.

Needless to say he's being spoiled quite a bit.... :-)

Thank you for the kind thoughts and prayers.

Jim Manson wrote:

Hi,

Well after fairly little thought we decided to skip the surgery. It's
incredibly invasive and would potentially involve removing a rib as
well as leaving a large incision. We can't see putting him through
something like that, especially at his age. 4 or 5 maybe, 12 no way.

It looks like the tumor is well differentiated and hasn't
metastasized, it's about 4.5cm in diameter. At this point it appears
it will just get larger and eventually impact his breathing and
overall health. Optimistic guess is 9-12 months before his quality of
life starts to be seriously impaired, although it could be shorter or
longer. We're just going to monitor it with x-rays every 90 days to
make sure we catch anything that might result in discomfort/pain, such
as spreading to other areas, and enjoy him while he's here.

Needless to say he's being spoiled quite a bit.... :-)

Thank you for the kind thoughts and prayers.

Reasonable decision for a difficult situations. Hope for the best.

--
Bill Clodius
los the lost and net the pet to email

"Jim Manson" wrote in message
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Hi,

Well after fairly little thought we decided to skip the surgery. It's
incredibly invasive and would potentially involve removing a rib as
well as leaving a large incision. We can't see putting him through
something like that, especially at his age. 4 or 5 maybe, 12 no way.

It looks like the tumor is well differentiated and hasn't
metastasized, it's about 4.5cm in diameter. At this point it appears
it will just get larger and eventually impact his breathing and
overall health. Optimistic guess is 9-12 months before his quality of
life starts to be seriously impaired, although it could be shorter or
longer. We're just going to monitor it with x-rays every 90 days to
make sure we catch anything that might result in discomfort/pain, such
as spreading to other areas, and enjoy him while he's here.

Needless to say he's being spoiled quite a bit.... :-)

Thank you for the kind thoughts and prayers.

I think you have made the right decision. Wishing you and Lucky many more
happy months to come.
Ali