BenBen needs good thoughts and prayers UPDATE

Prayers for BenBen for good outcome and complete healing. May God watch over him and you.

Prayers for you all that it's treatable whatever the cause.

All the positive thoughts and prayers coming your and Benben's way from your pals in AZ!

Lance and Calvin

Good thoughts and prayers for BenBen from here too. Hope they are able to image the heart as well, many hemangiosarcomas metastasize to the right atrium, so that's information you all need to have.

Splenectomy is a fairly straight forward procedure with bleeding complications the major risk. Hope the best for your guy.

Doug, DVM

Hi, new to the forum but familiar with this condition in dogs. Our 8 year old german shepherd just underwent a splenectomy last month. The type of cancer is hemangiosarcoma and attacks blood vessels and organs that are rich in them. Usually spleen is first, can be followed by lungs, heart and others. From what I understand, there usually are no warning signs. Dog is fine one minute and extremely weak, unable to move the next-and this was the case with our dog. The reason being the splenic tumor gets to a point where it ruptures causing a great deal of internal bleeding. The ultrasound is the correct procedure for identifying a mass followed by a splenectomy and biopsy. There is a possibility your pup may have a small bleed which could cause lapses of weakness followed by temporary improvement however this is not the usual course, or your vet may feel a mass.

We opted out of chemo following the splenectomy and I am giving him a medicinal mushroom studied by a well known veterinary school that showed better results than chemo when administered to dogs with hemangiosarcoma. My dearest friend also had a german shepherd with the same cancer that passed away 2 1/2 years after diagnosis and splenectomy at 10 years old from something completely unreleated.

Thoughts and prayers to Ben Ben for a good outcome!

Prayers and good healing thoughts for BenBen.

Rita and her furry gang