I’m starting this blog to share my fears and frustrations with others who can understand. Our 4 year old English Bulldog, Mack is going under the knife on Monday to have his back leg removed. We’ve been told by four vets (including one oncologist and a surgeon) that it is his best chance for a cure.
Mack has a lump on his back leg that was diagnosed as a synovial cell sarcoma tumor. Our only good news is that we seem to have caught it early enough. X-rays and bloodwork support findings that it has most likely not metastasized yet. Radiation is an option but vets agree that the damage to the bones and joint where the tumor is located will most likely result in his shattering the bones when he stops favoring it in a few months. Radiation is also apparently just prolonging the inevitable spread of this type of cancer. They all firmly believe that if we take the leg now, we have a really good chance of getting it all and curing him.
Monday our Mack joins the world of Tripawds. I’m praying that we are doing the right thing for him.