Sunny: it's cancer!

I just called the vet (talking to Dean) and indeed, they already had the results back! It isn't good news, the lump was a carcinoma of undetermined origin. It is apparently one of the worst types of malignant tumours! But they don't know where it came from.

Dean said that luckily, the margin they had taken off was good. And if the tumour comes back (or probably rather "when"), then it will most likely be in the same area! So although I will check him over all over, I will keep a special eye on his chin/throat area of course.

The other problem with the tumour (which was apparently very messy), was that it was very close to the jugular vein, which means that it might have spread up or down in the blood stream...

Not the news I was waiting for at all! And particularly not before Christmas... But luckily, Sunny is doing great and he doesn't know anything about it all! I love you so much, my brave little boy!

Sunny: not good news

When I went to pick up Sunny last night from the vets, the vet nurse told me that the lump looked very nasty and that it was probably not good news. We won't have the lab results though until well into next week, and not before Christmas...

They said that the lump was connected to all sorts of things and could be a thyroid "tumour" (I can't remember the technical word they used).

This is a big shock to me... as I really did not think that the lump was something to worry about! I was so sure it was an abscess!

Sunny is fine in himself, has been eating well, though was still a bit quiet as is to be expected after quite a big operation.

Sunny's at the vets

I took Sunny into the vet's this morning and Mark kept him in. I just called the surgery (2 pm) and Sunny is coming round again without problems. However, the lump was not as I expected an abscess, but an actual mass... they are therefore sending it off to the lab to find out what we are dealing with.

This is very unexpected and I am worried now. It has all been removed, but I am of course concerned about it. But all I can do at the moment is wait for the lab results.

Vet visit postponed

After having felt that Sunny's lump has not grown in size since yesterday, I have decided to reschedule the vet visit for Monday. As I have to attend the work Christmas Party tonight, I would not be there to look after Sunny should he need anaesthetics and therefore aftercare.

On Monday, I will be able to pick him up after work and check in on him regularly.

Sunny has a lump

On Tuesday night, I discovered a lump under Sunny's chin. I think it is an abscess. It has grown quite a bit since then, but seems to have stagnated since yesterday... I have booked an appointment with my vet Paul tomorrow morning to have a look at it.