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| Name: |
Tilly
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Age: |
Eleven year old
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| Gender: |
Female |
Breed: |
Terrier |
| Home: |
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK |
This
is our beloved eleven-year-old terrier Tilly. On Christmas Eve 2005 I
noticed her front leg swollen, I suspected an abscess. I took her to
the vet's office on Boxing Day and the vet suspected the same. He
prescribed antibiotics & anti-inflamatories, but after a week there was
still no change. On a return visit to the vet's, he suggested an X-ray
and biopsy, fearing a tumor. When the results came back it wasn't good
news. It was a Fibrosarcoma which hadn't spread to the bone but wouldn't
respond to radiotherapy or chemotherapy, and surgery wasn't an option
to remove the tumor: the only solution was amputation.
It was a very difficult decision to make but we took the risk. Tilly
came home the same day after surgery and made a fast recovery however a
week later she had breathing problems and returned to the vets to
discover pneumothorax (air around the lung cavity) causing the lungs to
collapse, after having the air expelled her breathing improved the x-ray
also revealed secondary tumors to the lungs, our world was falling
apart, air had to be removed a week later as the same happened again,
sometimes the pneumothorax can right its self, we took her home and
hoped for the best.
Two weeks later Tilly was on top form. She does get tired easily now,
but does enjoy short walks or, better still, a ride around in the car we
are savouring every precious moment we have left with her she is our
baby.
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