Ranger has surgery Tuesday

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He has cancer. He had a lump and after losing a dog to cancer we weren't going to let it go. The vet thinks it is encapsulated but he will lose lymph nodes and will have drainage tubes.

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1. Hope all goes well for Ranger. My Sugar's cancer cannot be removed

surgerically without a lot of reconstruction surgery later. They said it would take a minimum of 3 weeks in the hospital and two surgeries and cost more than $6000. I'm opting to treat with chemo. Can't do radiation because it would require 21 500-mile trips and cost $3000.

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2. I know there won't be reconstruction because of where the tumor it.

I know he will have tubes but not sure what else. If the tumor hasn't reached the lymp nodes the surgery will be the end of it. We are lucky. Our surgery will be from five to eight hundred. Good luck with your Sugar. Please let me know how everything turns out.

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3. Hope all goes well ...

with the surgery.

We came home from a week of treatment for my husband's leukemia to find our cat not doing well with her cancer and put her to sleep the same night.

Not easy dealing with both at the same time.

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4. Clean Margins

The tumor came out in one piece and easily. We have wait for lab results. Poor guy is loopy.

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6. I was just going to

ask how he was doing when I saw this post. How long before you get the results back? Waiting for those is always so stressful!

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7. News wasn't as good

It is the type of cancer that spreads. We see the vet at the end of next week and I have a page of questions for him. I have never known anyone that has had a pet put through chemo. I know what it does to humans and it will not be an easy decision.

We have been in awe of him. He is back to his ole self. Trying to convince him he can't go on his normal long walks is not an easy thing to do.

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8. I talked to the vet

There will not be chemo for Ranger. His tumor was encapsulated and they got all of it. The chemo would have been a preventative and if he were a young dog I would find a way to do it. As it it, my boy is 11. I still can't believe how quickly he is recovering. If humans could heal the way he has, life would be less complicated.

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9. I'm so happy to hear the news (nt)

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10. Thanks jump

I was overjoyed to hear the vet say he had never seen anything like Ranger's cancer. He had more than one type but it was completely encapaulated. Since his recovery from the surgery he has such a spring in his step. He bounces.