Lump on stomach

[Bunnylova4eva]

Blast from the past, me bringing this thread back up, but I'm getting really worried and need anyones imput I can get.

Last year I found a lump on Taffy right side of her tummy. A bunny vet at the office we got to saw her and basically said to keep an eye on her unless we wanted to surgically have it removed and send it to the lab for a biopsy. They did do an FNA and it showed there was cystic fluid.

Anyway, fast forward now one year to a couple days ago. I took Taffy to the other vet at the office (he has alot more years of bunny experience) and asked him to just check the lump. He was very worried about it as alot of times he said this is related to somethign going on in the uterus/ovaries. He palpated her and did think he felt something. Long story short, now we're talking an xray and surgery (spay and mass removal if there is one).

Does anyone have experience with somethign simlar? They didn't see cancerous cells in the FNA a year ago but I know rabbits with mammary cancer can have it spread very quickly and get lymphoma. She's also an older bunny (going on 7 in a couple days) so I'm also a bit nervous about putting her under for surgery. Prayers appreciated, I'm worried about my lil' bun.

 

[tonyshuman]

I would do the spay and lump removal soon if possible. I think Christina has the most experience with mammary tumors here. A bunny that age would most likely have some kind of uterine tumor (cancerous or benign) if unspayed, and it would be best to remove the uterus whenever possible if it can be done safely. I'd want to make sure she's going to be safe under anesthesia, and have blood work done to check liver and kidney function. It may also be useful to do x-rays or ultrasound if she will stay still without anesthesia before putting her under so the vet has a better idea of what's going on in there. The last thing you would want is for the vet to start surgery and find way more than they are prepared for.

 

[Bunnylova4eva]

Taffy is scheduled to go in tomorrow for XRays and provided everything looks ok with that and she's fine for surgery, then they would like to do the surgery Friday. They always run presurgical blood which puts me at ease a bit, but I'm still nervous for her. I'll keep you all updated at we find things out.

In the mean time, here's a picture of Taffy from recently. I just love this bunny, I sure hope she'll be ok

 

[doodle]

She is beautiful. :bunnyheart Saying prayers for her. ray:

 

[Bunnylova4eva]

She is beautiful. :bunnyheart Saying prayers for her. ray:

Thank you so much, we really appreciate it!

 

[PaGal]

I hope the surgery goes well and she recovers quickly. The two of you will be in my thoughts.

 

[Bunnylova4eva]

We're headed to the vet for the xrays. I'll update you all later on what they find.


On another note, today is Taffy's 7th birthday! My other buns both passed away within a week of turning 7 years old. Praying Taffy comes through all this stronger yet in the end and is ok.

 

[Bunnylova4eva]

Update: back from the vet, xrays showed nothing abnormal in the abdomen. Despite that, both vets in the clinic could feel it upon palpation and after being showed where it was, I can feel it too. They recommended me to continue watching it or do exploratory surgery. I had them take blood and plan on surgery for Friday. Hard decision, but I also don't want to leave it and have it become cancerous.

 

[HEM]

We are sending our thoughts to both of you and are hoping that everything turns out good.
It's good that the x-rays didn't show anything abnormal
Happy birthday Taffy abd get well!!!

 

[Bunnylova4eva]

Well, Taffy's scheduled for sugery tomorrow morning. She'll be having a spay and mass removal. I've never been through a rabbit being spayed, just Ripley was neutered in the spring.

In addition, they checked her blood and they gave me the results. Everything was fine except the hematocrit, which they said may be caused by internal bleeding or underlying infection like an abscess or, the tube just wasn't filled enough or the blood was clotted. Whatever the case, they're going to check the blood for that one more time in morning before surgery just to be sure that hasn't gotten worse.

Does anyone have any post spay tips for caring for her etc.????

I am SO worried about her because I know spays are harder on them then a neuter is for the guys. Plus, she's 7 years old. Ahh I think I'm not going to get any sleep tonight.

Very worried over here, prayers much appreciated!

 

[Bunnylova4eva]

Back from the vet; Taffy's surgery went well. She's still kinda groggy but ok. The mass was removed from her uterus (and she was spayed) and it was larger than the uterus itself. Now she's confined in a cage inside here at home and hopefully she bounces back quickly. Thanks for everyones thoughts and prayers; we really appreciate it!

 

[JBun]

Glad to hear Taffy is doing good and everything worked out. Hopefully she'll be eating and back to her old self in no time.

 

[tonyshuman]

Hope she is doing good today!

 

[Bunnylova4eva]

Taffy is doing well. For the first day or so she wouldn't have anything to do with eating or going to the bathroom. The gave me a bit of critical care and I gave that to her. She hated me making her eat, but within 10 minutes she was eating her normal food on her own enthusiastically. Must have jumpstarted her and made her realize she was hungry. So, at this point, she's healing up. We should know in a couple days if her mass was cancerous; it was sent off to a specialist at the lab. Now, she's just getting daily metacam and we're watching her sutures to make sure there's no swelling in the area and be sure she's not chewing. She's been an outside bun till now, but until she's healed a little bit, she's inside in a xpen. She's so irritated not being in her hutch though, we'll see how long we keep her in.

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

Yay!!! I'm glad she's doing okay! She is one strong willed gal!