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[lizblackdog]

so i just got a call from the vet.

the final results are in, and it's squamous cell carcinoma.

surgery is still possible, but the thing is so far up into his nasal cavity he would have to lose his nose.

vet assures me that it is possible for a dog to recover from this. he's emailing me some pictures of dogs that have had it done, which I will post when I have them. He says that one of the pictures is of a rather less extensive surgery than Spike would need, and one rather more, so that Spike's end result would fall somewhere between the two.

I don't even. His nose.

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[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Yes, probably. The one good thing about squamous cell carcinoma is that it doesn't metastasise much, and as long as they cut all of it out it's relatively unlikely to come back.

but his nose, his beautiful nose. that part of it's killing me a bit. Even though I know in my brain it's a cheap, cheap trade-off for his life.

[taichara]

That's what they told me when they were hoping it was something similar for Ashura. It sounds a little awful but I'm so very glad that's what it turns to be for Spike (you know what I mean I hope) --

*hugs* I understand --