Dog_Horse_Girl Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) As per my other (cruciate ligament) thread, Ruby's just had a major operation to remove her spleen and a tumour. The specialist surgeon can't be sure of what we're dealing with until the pathology comes back some time next week ( ;) ) but Ruby seems to have come out of the surgery okay. We never expected this; it was a complete and utter surprise and not the phone call you want to get when you've sent your dog in for cruciate surgery. That surgery will likely never proceed, depending on her prognosis post-tumour removal. We hope she will be well enough to come home late tomorrow. Please join me in hoping it's benign...OH would be completely devastated if it's malignant. This dog has to be one of the luckiest or unluckiest dogs I've ever known, depending on how you view it: she went in to repair a bung knee and instead will come home minus one organ and a cancerous mass. Edited January 4, 2010 by lillysmum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly_Louise Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Hopefully the prognosis is good and the knee surgery can go ahead still... after all she may have many healthy years ahead of her and will need a good knee Stay positive. Sometimes we can get the worst news, but there are times it doesn't turn out half as bad as we (in our understandable worry) make it out to be. We all adapt and cope, none better than the little furries. I'm sure Ruby will take this in her stride - and hopefully the results come back as benign, and there is every possibility that can happen. Will stay tuned to hear some more positive updates ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I posted in your other (now not) cruciate thread. I'm wishing and hoping alongside you and your OH, for Ruby, LM. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog_Horse_Girl Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Thanks KL and Erny. I just want to see her. ;) I'm sure she wouldn't even know if we were there anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Hope she is home with you for Christmas ;) poor little girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemstone Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 everything crossed here hope you get good news and home for christmas thinking of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 OMG! i really hope she is ok, sending lots of healing vibes and hugs for you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loraine Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hoping she is on her way home to you, and feeling better very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missymoo Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Gosh what a bugger of a time to happen, poor little girl. Heres to hoping its benin xo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog_Horse_Girl Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Well, poor Ruby is still in hospital. She's been vomiting this morning so they're keeping her in for observation again tonight. She's had nothing to eat since Tuesday evening and they're now giving her some anti-nausea drugs. The vet thinks she's reacting to the pain medication. All being well they intend to feed her this evening and see how she goes...we hope she can keep down whatever they give her. On the positive side, she's brightened up and has been very vocal and wagging her tail this morning. We take any good news we can get ATM. ;) She might come home tomorrow...I'm hoping so. It's far too quiet without her here. :D I still can't believe what's happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anne~ Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Wow, poor Ruby. I was shcoked to read this thread LM. I hope she recovers quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog_Horse_Girl Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 I'm trying so hard not to worry. :p The giant crate is in the lounge room waiting for her to come home. OH will sleep downstairs if necessary rather than carrying her upstairs to our room each night, until she's feeling better. We don't know how big her wound is, or what exactly we're dealing with...so it's a horrible waiting game... Thanks for your well-wishes and please keep them coming! I don't want to think about her not making it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffyluv Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Blimey LM that is no good, poor lilly... Good vibes for fast healing and good path results... Hope she is home soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog_Horse_Girl Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Thanks Jodie...we're hoping it's benign...but with the holidays, the path results will take a bit longer. The surgeon didn't give us any indication of whether it looked benign or not. I think if he thought it looked bad, he would have told us. He doesn't seem the type of vet to hold back any details. Poor Ruby goes in for a blown cruciate and they discover a tumour instead...just her rotten luck. The surgeon did mention chemotherapy but we've already decided (if it's the worst news) not to go down that road. I know it works wonders for a lot of dogs, Ollie especially springs to mind, but we wouldn't want to put ourselves or Ruby through it. She's had a lot of medical issues and it wouldn't be fair to put her through anything else. Trying to stay positive...trying to stay positive...trying to stay positive. We both had a "bad feeling" when she went in on Tuesday, but we hope the feeling was related to the finding of the tumour and nothing more. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 (edited) lillysmum said: Poor Ruby goes in for a blown cruciate and they discover a tumour instead...just her rotten luck. LM ..... I know this is cold comfort, but try to look at things this way, at least for now. If Ruby had not blown her cruciate, the tumour would not have been detected. And maybe later down the track the tumour might not have been operable. At least, for the time being, there's a chance. I know that's not enough to have you celebrating, but it might be a different angle to look at it, to shift the weight of bad luck. If even only by a teensy bit. I'm sorry - this sounds lame even as I type it and I know it will not alleviate one ounce of worry on your minds. Edited December 24, 2009 by Erny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monah Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 No!! Ruby is adorable. Oh I am so sorry, awful. :D Sending all my love and best wishes to you all, dear Ruby, lots of love to herxxxxxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly_Louise Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Erny said: LM ..... I know this is cold comfort, but try to look at things this way, at least for now. If Ruby had not blown her cruciate, the tumour would not have been detected. And maybe later down the track the tumour might not have been operable. At least, for the time being, there's a chance.I know that's not enough to have you celebrating, but it might be a different angle to look at it, to shift the weight of bad luck. If even only by a teensy bit. I'm sorry - this sounds lame even as I type it and I know it will not alleviate one ounce of worry on your minds. Actually, I think you're absolutely right Erny... if not for the cruciate issues who knows how long this tumour could have been wreaking havoc before it was detected, or before obvious symptoms were observed. It's awful news, no doubt, but catching it earlier than normal may be just what is needed to give Ruby her chance. Thinking of you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog_Horse_Girl Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 Our "little brown dog" finally came home yesterday! She's a bit of a mess I'm afraid to say...they had prepped her for the cruciate surgery so the affected leg is shaved down. Plus she's had an IV in place so her opposite front leg is shaved down. Then there's the "zipper" down her middle...the white dressing which covers her relatively large wound. Her abdomen and sides are also shaved down. And she's lost even more weight (she was losing weight due to the elimination diet)...so she's really scrawny around the back end now due to a combination of not using the sore leg, lying around in hospital and the restricted diet. She was very dopey yesterday so she pretty much slept all day. She's a bit brighter today and wants out of the crate! So OH has her in his study just now, resting in one of the big dog beds. She's super-happy to be home! She's a bit unhappy about being kept quiet...if you know Ruby you know she's just a ball of energy. So this is not making her happy at all. We take her outside only to toilet and she's obviously on lead (which she isn't very impressed about)...but she'll thank us one day I'm sure. Once the results are in, I'll post up the news. I'm hoping it's benign...my instincts tell me it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loraine Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Great news for Ruby - hoping that the news is benign Let's hope she can manage to be a good girl for a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BittyMooPeeb Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Glad to hear that Ruby is home LM! Fingers crossed here that test results are good How did they discover the cancerous mass? Did pre-op blood tests show something up? Gail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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