Surgery For Tumours And Resting

[staffylover81]

Hi Guys,

Just posting this as i'm not to sure what to do with my Staffy Girl atm, she went in on Tuesday to the vet and had surgery to take out a Tumor on her side and a small fatty lump the surgery went well and i am now just waiting on the results to come back from vet tomorrow as to what the tumor is, I'm keeping fingers crossed that it's not CANCER, anyway the vet told us to rest her post surgery so we have been trying to keep her exercise, walking around and jumping to a minimum but that is hard to do with my girl as she does agility and obedience and is used to being active. When i got home from work on friday i found that where the vet had taken out the tumor she has now got a build up of fluid that is twice the size of what the tumor was so i took her down to the vet on Saturday Morning to get her checked out and they took out 15ml of blood where the tumor was and put her on antibiotices and i'm hoping that this will decrease the fluid from the wound etc and she won't have to go and get more fluid taken out and they told me to also rest her as much as i can so i have her in her crate allmost all day just laying there and making sure she doesn't jump up on the couches or run around etc, I'm just wondering if i should be crating her or not as i don't want this fluid to build up anymore than it is, as it is it's looking like i'll be taking her back down to the vet during the week to get more fluid taken out again as it hasn't gone down yet.

I'm just getting a little worried that if i don't crate her she is going to get more fluid building up where she had the tumor removed from jumping up on the couches etc, but i also don't wan't her to be crated 24-7 as i think this is a bad idea for her too. I could really use some advice on what other people think about this and if they have any other suggestions on what they think i might be able to do?

[lucknow]

I would crate or do whatever else needed to keep her quiet. It is short term and is important to avoid more complications. Distract her with bones, toys, treat balls or whatever it takes.

I hope the path results are non cancerous!

[Staffyluv]

She is probably going to protest loudly but she needs to be crated - take if from someone who knows. Ollie ended up with more than 50 stitches when he had his tumours removed and he had to be crated.

Also make sure that you put her on lead to take her to the toilet, that way she can't take off and try to run around when she goes outside.

She really should be having NO exercise or play time until she is healed.

Best of luck with the pathology results.

[Dogsfevr]

With any surgery the end result is the after care.

If crating was the best option then crating it shall be

[staffylover81]

Thanks for the advice everyone, Crating it will have to be for her until she is healed. I've stopped the Obedience and Agility with her until she has recovered, I'm just waiting for the vet now to give me a call with the path results i'm hoping everything is going to be ok she may need to go back in for surgery again and get a drain inserted where she had the tumor taken out as the fluid hasn't gone away yet, I might ask the vet what he thinks about surgery when they call me about the results hopefully i can wait and not have to bring her down until friday when i have to take her down to get her stitches out. Poor little thing looks so sad just laying in her crate but i guess it's all for the best if it means she will be back up and running for me to do agility and obedience again.

[dogbesotted]

any news on the poor patient? how is she coping with confinement?

H