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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie
No prosthesis. His tongue would most likely hang out one side of his mouth, and he'd have to learn to eat differently(most likely, just soft canned food from now on). BUT, like the vet said, it's no different than if he got hit by a car, and had to have a leg amputated. If it looks like he can have a reasonable quality of life, I guess you have to do what you have to do, in order to save him. It won't be a pretty face, but does that really matter?
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No, you're right - "pretty face" doesn't matter. I just can't conceive how a jaw (a dog's especially) can work with only one side attached. They're such orally-oriented animals. But if his quality of life (and play) will still be good after some rehab, I'm sure it's worth the trouble and trauma to both of you.
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Originally Posted by HomerMcVie
THEN, the oncologist will decide (through CAT scans) if jaw removal will most likely save him or not. He said he might try something else(I can't remember what he said now), if it looked like jaw removal wouldn't get it.
Maybe I'm being selfish. I don't know. I'd do anything to keep him with me.
Lord, people and their pets!
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I wish you both good luck. Keep us posted.
And believe me, I completely understand. I lost a lovebird 18 months ago - she got stuck in an egg-laying cycle and basically laid eggs to the point her body was so run down she had a heart attack one afternoon. But the 9 months before that, we were at the vet weekly trying everything we could think of to get her reproductive organs to switch off for a while - including injections of hormones and even human birth control serum. That especially was traumatic for me - this tiny sweet bird subjected to a needle that was nearly as big as she was.
But I wasn't about to give up on her, and she knew that. And I'm sure Cash knows the same thing.
