So my dog went into surgery this morning. We were told that he had a large tumor in the area around his kidney and they wanted to perform surgery to see if they could 'save' him.
Fast forward to today: Around 11am they call my mom to tell her that they just opened him up and that from what they see, the tumor is in the kidney sac and that it looks about the size of a grapefruit and that she should start thinking about 'what she wants to do' (aka, put him to sleep)
I leave work immediately because my parents are hysterical. This dog is like their 4th child! At about 2pm we still have not heard back from the DR, so I call and they tell me he is STILL performing surgery on choppy, which I thought was weird.
He calls us after half an hour to tell us his findings. BASICALLY, Choppy did NOT have a tumor at all, but his kidney was bleeding! There was so much blood that it had congealed and formed a 'tumor-like' mass so they removed the diseased kidney and saw no other tumors in the area. He said that if he can live off of the one kidney, he has a good shot at making it!!
He is in recovery now and it's still VERY touch and go--he might make it, he might not, but we feel relieved that we didn't put him down right away.
Anyway, thanks for your prayers gals--I will keep you updated!!!
Utterhappiness
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Re: CHOPPY UPDATE--EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER!!
Penny, I am praying for your pup I hope that yuo are hangin in there ok too... I knw how touygh the rollercoaster is. I just went through this last year with my Pookiebear at this time actually.
I am just so happy that you didnt make any hasty desicions too soon Im thinking of you guys!!
