Penny has had a rough time. She had her spleen removed Friday (5 days ago) and just wasn't bouncing back. She was painful and couldn't keep her oral medications down. She spent two nights at the vet hospital, finally got her to eat and she came home Sunday evening. She had a urine accident in the middle of the night but was eating okay, tolerating ice packs, etc. but her pain meds only seemed to work for about three hours. By Monday evening she was shaking and panting so we ended up at the vet ER. It took a lot of tests and several consultations with specialists to figure out that she had fat necrosis going on and her Cushings belly was inflamed.
So late Tuesday she had additional abdominal surgery to remove the dead and dying belly fat. Tough times. She spent the night in the hospital and we were able to bring her home Wednesday evening. She is eating baby food and very thirsty. She has only had one dose of vetoryl in a week. She's on pain medication, lots of antibiotics and drugs to get and keep her digestive tract moving. The vet said she thinks Penny has turned the corner. Right now she is sleeping heavily next to me.
The big news: her spleen lesions were benign (!) scar tissue and fibrocysts, probably from some past trauma. Good news, bad news. If we had known that, she would not have had the splenectomy. We are focusing on the good part. That she doesn't have an aggressive form of hemangio sarcoma. The hemangio sarcoma that was removed from under her skin was not a manifestation of splenic cancer.
So for now we will be spending our Christmas holiday babying her beyond all reason, hoping she stays stable and continues to heal. If we can get her over this set back, her prognosis is pretty good. Right now, we're grateful she's here.