Dilly's Piggies
Teenage Guinea Pig
My 5 year and 11 month old sow Melody has had a very rough couple of days, she was showing typical ovarian cyst symptoms for the past months and she went in to be spayed yesterday.
When the vet got in there, she sadly found a large cancerous looking tumour attached to her stomach, pancreas and spleen, and a second smaller tumour in her uterus. Her ovaries were thickened and hardened but didn't have tumours. No masses were found on her scans prior so its crazy given how big the stomach tumour was.
She has been successfully spayed and all visible tumours and cancerous tissue removed. I believe she said the tumours were encapsulated, or contained maybe, not sure, she said it doesn't look to have spread much. The vet is confident in diagnosing cancer based on the look of the masses, its unlikely to be anything else, I can't afford to send the sample away at the moment so we won't know what type of cancer she has.
Melody is still hospitalised at the moment, she is being syringe fed and is unwilling to eat normal food. She has had two major surgeries at once and being a senior, I understand why she doesn't want to eat. Everyone thinks it's a miracle that Melody made it through, she lost a lot of blood, was under GA for almost 2 hours, had two surgeons working on her at once and was underweight too. I hope she will try to eat today so I can bring her home.
The prognosis isn't great for sweet Melody, the vet said she may have only months left if the cancer has spread. There's a chance that it may not come back, I hope she can live the rest of her life cancer free, but it's uncertain.
Things are still uncertain now, she could go downhill or may never eat normally again, I have so much anxiety and have cried a lot over this diagnosis, I thought it was just ovarian cysts.
Right now I'm wondering if Melody would do better at home, she is stable besides not eating, perhaps being home will make her feel safe and she might eat, I'm also a competent syringe feeder. Melody is a very sensitive soul and things have to be a certain way, I imagine being at the vet with so much movement, strange people, dogs barking and cats etc is probably scaring her. I imagine she is just hiding in her bed and doesn't want to come out.
Is it worth trying her at home, given that she's medically stable? They said she is acting pretty normal, alert and taking syringe feed well. I've never had a piggie with cancer, so I have no idea what to expect or what the future looks like. Right now the biggest concern is her getting GI stasis from not eating normally. I also want to know if she should come home with any medication and what kind, any info/tips would be greatly appreciated... thanks! I'm so stressed
When the vet got in there, she sadly found a large cancerous looking tumour attached to her stomach, pancreas and spleen, and a second smaller tumour in her uterus. Her ovaries were thickened and hardened but didn't have tumours. No masses were found on her scans prior so its crazy given how big the stomach tumour was.
She has been successfully spayed and all visible tumours and cancerous tissue removed. I believe she said the tumours were encapsulated, or contained maybe, not sure, she said it doesn't look to have spread much. The vet is confident in diagnosing cancer based on the look of the masses, its unlikely to be anything else, I can't afford to send the sample away at the moment so we won't know what type of cancer she has.
Melody is still hospitalised at the moment, she is being syringe fed and is unwilling to eat normal food. She has had two major surgeries at once and being a senior, I understand why she doesn't want to eat. Everyone thinks it's a miracle that Melody made it through, she lost a lot of blood, was under GA for almost 2 hours, had two surgeons working on her at once and was underweight too. I hope she will try to eat today so I can bring her home.
The prognosis isn't great for sweet Melody, the vet said she may have only months left if the cancer has spread. There's a chance that it may not come back, I hope she can live the rest of her life cancer free, but it's uncertain.
Things are still uncertain now, she could go downhill or may never eat normally again, I have so much anxiety and have cried a lot over this diagnosis, I thought it was just ovarian cysts.
Right now I'm wondering if Melody would do better at home, she is stable besides not eating, perhaps being home will make her feel safe and she might eat, I'm also a competent syringe feeder. Melody is a very sensitive soul and things have to be a certain way, I imagine being at the vet with so much movement, strange people, dogs barking and cats etc is probably scaring her. I imagine she is just hiding in her bed and doesn't want to come out.
Is it worth trying her at home, given that she's medically stable? They said she is acting pretty normal, alert and taking syringe feed well. I've never had a piggie with cancer, so I have no idea what to expect or what the future looks like. Right now the biggest concern is her getting GI stasis from not eating normally. I also want to know if she should come home with any medication and what kind, any info/tips would be greatly appreciated... thanks! I'm so stressed
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, afraid my lot have all hated fibreplex so I gave up with the idea of trying them on it (Ive had more success with the supreme recovery food).
