Hi all,
My Akita Twiggy started urinating fresh blood with a lot of clots, which brought her to the emergency. Now she has been diagnosed with tcc, after cytology and tumor antigen test. Her ultra sound did not show any growth but her bladder is thickened. The specialist suggests biopsy to confirm tcc, but my own vet said 95% it is tcc-being the most common. He is against doing the biopsy as it means surgery. Cytoscope (sp??) will not help much because there is no lump seen, he will have to look around the bladder to find the location. Twiggy is 11-1/2 yrs and I dont want to put her through this, however my husband leans towards biopsy (he is still in denial). Is it worth doing that to confirm exactly the type of cancer?
Yesterday I decided to start her on piroxicam - at 78 lbs she is given 10mg. over the past year she had lost 10 lbs which I contributed to age. she just ate less, could it be that she started that long ago but asymptomatic? Any input is appreciated as I am between husband and Twiggy right now. Poor baby, she was attacked by a St. Bernard yesterday at the vet and I was bitten on my right hand. Very irresponsible owner who cannot control her dog. I also started her on k-9 immunity and transfer factor plus.
Thank you,
Christine