So, just got off the phone with the head vet at our practise. He's had the path results rechecked and they suggest a benign growth based in the blood vessels, but one that MAY be growing quickly enough to become a problem or that may be being irritated by another factor into becoming a worse problem.

Current working theory on the bone changes in Spike's x-rays are that he has a bone cyst. This could be the thing that's interacting with the tumour to make it a possible problem. Vet says this is also treatable, but he wants to do more x-rays and possibly another, deeper biopsy because clearly our best chance of finding a treatment that will make this shit go away depends on us finding out what the fuck's actually going on in there.

Vet: *enthusiastically* I've never actually repaired a bone cyst before.
Me: *resigned* Want to?

So he's going back in Friday morning for another general anaesthetic and more exploratory rooting around and radiation. Referral to a (non-charity-subsidised) specialist remains a possibility, but first we have to work out what the fuck kind of specialist we're going to need.

*sigh*

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The good news: It's not cancer. The bad news: Spike you are SUCH a weirdo!

But we know that and we love him. :-)
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