Rebecca is having oral surgery on Thursday.
The growth came on really fast. It's been less than 2 weeks. It's within a couple of her upper incisors. I thought maybe she just irritated her gum by chewing on something, but it got nastier and more swollen each day. I did not notice the second tumor as it's past her last molar. I'll let you guys know how she makes out. Just feeling bad that she's going to be in pain in a couple of days. She has a low threshold for pain... |
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| I'm so sorry to hear about Rebecca! I hope the surgery goes smoothly and that she makes a speedy recovery!
-Kristina and Quercus |
Poor Rebecca, I hope it all goes well, for you and that she copes better than expected.  |
| Sorry to hear about Rebecca, sending good and positive vibes those lumpys in her mouth are Benign. Hoping just an epulis of some sort.
Soft mushy food after and big hugs to Rebecca and special hugs for you too. Think the worst part is the wait of the results from pathology. Thinking of you both. |
Hope it goes okay.  |
| I've got my fingers crossed for you, Deb! |
| paws and fingers crossed here for Rebecca |
| sending gentle hugs and mega vibes. Make sure she has some pain relief, I have a very low pain threshold....we cant help it! |
| Oh no.. well we also have our fingers and paws crossed. ...and I hope she's not in any pain. Poor thing!!!!!!!! Hope all goes well esp. when those biopsy results come in! |
| Best wishes and to Rebecca and you |
| hugs and good wishes to Rebecca. and to you too Deb. |
| Positive thoughts being sent your way today |
| Poor baby girl. I hope everything goes okay for her and she recovers quickly. |
| Poor thing.
Sending good thoughts your way...... Laurie and Oscar |
Poor, sweet little Rebecca!  Hoping and praying everything goes okay for her and that her prognosis is good and recovery is speedy. |
| Oh poor Rebecca She is so sweet After meeting her I just had to have a little girl (bob was smitten with her ) we now have crazy molly not at all like little rebecca I will keep both of you in my thoughts Thur. |
| Good luck Deb and Rebecca!!! Don't forget to update us! |
| Poor Rebecca......will keep you in our thoughts!!!! |
| I hope she does well in the surgery, and you get back good results.
That sounds painful - wimp or not!  |
| I hope all went really well! |
| Good luck you guys. Mouth surgery never sounds like a good time no matter what species you are. I hope all the tests come back well. |
| Best of luck today Deb and Rebecca |
Deb and rebecca I am thinking of you both today!! Hope she gets good pain meds  |
| keep us posted hope all goes well with your sweet girl |
Anxiously awaiting good news... |
| I just saw this...
Good luck today. I'm sure she'll be fine. |
| Hoping Rebecca made it through surgery just fine. We're anxiously awaiting her test results.
Nita, Nelson & Sassy |
| Hope Rebecca is home and recovering |
| Hoping for good results and a speedy recovery. |
| Thanks everyone for your concern & kind wishes.
She didn't have the surgery until around 4pm. Just got home with her about an hour ago. The vet was able to remove everything okay without taking any teeth so that was good. The biopsies don't come back until next week. He's most concerned with the lump above the incisors since it came on so quickly. She's quietly whimpering but she did drink water and eat a little food, so she'll feel better in a few days I hope.  Stitches stay in for 14 days. She doesn't get more pain medication until tomorrow morning. I think I'm going to go medicate myself with a glass of wine... |
| Deb so glad to hear rebecca came through the surgery all OK, keeping fingers crossed all is well with the pathology when the results come through.
Thinking of you both and give rebecca a gentle hug from us |
| Poor girl....
Please give her an extra gentle rub from me. |
| Poor kid. I hope the hours until her pain medication dose fly by quickly! |
| Poor baby! Its good that she drank and ate a little.
I'd be going for the wine too. I feel so bad for them when they cry. |
| Please give that precious girl a hug from me. I'm glad she came out of the surgery okay, and I'll keep my fingers crossed for a good prognosis. |
VerveUp wrote: She's quietly whimpering but she did drink water and eat a little food, so she'll feel better in a few days I hope.
Stitches stay in for 14 days. She doesn't get more pain medication until tomorrow morning. I think I'm going to go medicate myself with a glass of wine... I hear you.
Hope she's feeling better today. Kristine |
| Well, we got some bad news today. Both tumors are malignant, squamous cell carcinoma which is pretty agressive. Prognosis is not good without being invasive. (like partial jaw removal, radiation, etc.). The doc removed everything, but he said the cancer will come back quickly, probably in the same places. Given her age (9), and the arthritic condition of her spine, we will just spoil her like crazy and do everything we can to make sure she is comfortable. Vet agreed that he would probably be doing the same thing if he were in our shoes.
Very bummed as Rebecca was feeling better enough from her surgery recovery today to romp around in the snow with the boys... Glad that we will still have some healthy time with her before the tumors come back. |
Oh no!! That is such a bummer, so sorry to hear that's its not good.  |
| Oh Deb I'm so so sorry. Please give Rebecca hugs from us. |
| I am so sorry to hear about this. I was hoping for something so much better. Enjoy the time you have with her. I am sure she will enjoy every minute of it. |
| Oh, I'm so sorry |
| Deb, sorry you got bad news from her pathology report.
Hugs to all of you. |
| Oh no. I'm really sorry. |
| Sorry to hear that news. |
| Deb,
I am so sorry.........
I wish there were words to help but, there are not. I am so speechless, I was hoping for a benign epulis. So sorry |
| I am so sorry. Enjoy the time you have with her now. Hugs to you all. |
| Oh Deb I just saw your update - I am so sorry. Rebecca is such a sweetie. Be glad she is feeling well now and . |
| I'm so sorry to hear that. |
| Deb sorry to hear the news.
Enjoy every day with darling rebecca |
| oh soo very sorry to hear the news hugs to both of you |
| So sorry to hear it, guys!! She still has some great times to be had though! |
Awww crap!!!!! 
I'm so sorry for the bad news... please give an extra rub (behind the right ear, please) from me. |
| I am so sorry, give Rebecca a hug from us. |
| I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice. my dog Yoko was diagnosed with Acanthomatous epulis. It is a cancer on her lower jaw in the front.I was told by 2 doctors that if they remove some of the bottom jaw there is a 95 percent chance of success. If not removed it will invade the bone. It is not metastatic. Dog is 7 and six months,very healthy ,sweet and beautiful. Please help me make the right decision. I am afraid of what the quality of her life will be like. Cathie |
| Hi cathie (guest) been through the same type of epulis with my girl. Part of the jaw bone and teeth removed and she has done great. Better to have that done, sounds drastic but with the jaw bone only like a slice of the bone is taken as this type of epulis is agressive if cells are in the bone so they do that under where the growth is excised as well. Read this it is all we went through plus photos, I was beside myself at the thought of loosing part of the jaw bone, but better then being diagnosed with oral cancer (tumour) and mastitsising fast, this stays confined to the jaw but can grow and invade the whole jaw if not removed properly, prognosis is great and early and smaller it is better off having it done. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=30939&hilit=my+journey+with+brie Best wishes, uncomfortable for them for a little while, usually soft mushy food for a few days and they send you home with pain meds to help while they heal up. Do register here, it's free, and post how it all went, wishing you both all the best and again even though it sounds drastic they do make a full recovery and cope really well with a few missing teeth and that slice of jaw bone taken. We call brie gappy now as her tongue can hang out on occassions from the gap of missing teeth. Everything will be OK |
| well........ poop! |
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