We received some very sad news yesterday. My sister, Sunny, hadn’t seemed quite like herself a few days ago. She didn’t want to eat and she was lethargic and pale. Wen bought her some canned food and Sunny started eating, but she just seemed off. After talking with our vet, Wen scheduled an appointment to run bloodwork on Sunny and after she examined Sunny and talked with Wen further, Dr. Nina suggested that they first take some x-rays.
Unfortunately, the x-rays showed a large mass on Sunny’s spleen or liver, which would explain her lethargy and anemia. She had suffered a small bleed out from the mass, which had caused her pale color and weakness. After discovering the mass, they ran a blood panel to see how Sunny’s organs were functioning and the results showed some kidney issues and also pointed to the tumor being on Sunny’s spleen, rather than her liver.
Since Sunny is 13 1/2 years old and she has kidney issues, whether she could survive surgery is questionable and even if the mass was successfully removed by a specialist, the survival rate for dogs is only a few months, so after talking with Dr. Nina, Wen realized that putting Sunny through a surgery was not a good option, so she is going to try to give her the best and most normal life that she can and keep her comfortable with medicine to build up her red blood cells and help her with pain when she needs it. We all want our Sunny Bunny to have the best life possible and be with us as long as she can, because we all love her very much and she is the queen of our Scottie crew!
Sunny
