Internal Organs pushed towards spine
I have a 14 year old (F) boxer named Sammie. We knew she has arthritis/spondylosis and has been on Tramadol and had been diagnosed with the thyroid issue a few months back and is now on Synthroid...
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dturm wrote:ridingfamily4 wrote:
When she pushed her abdomen a certain way, Sammie winced in pain.
Is the diagnosis most likely a mass? Is there such a thing as positional movement of the organs towards the spine? Isn't the pain significant?
With the pain on palpation, 14 year old Boxer and symptoms an abdominal mass would be #1 on my list. Most abdominal masses are spleen or liver (but not all of them).
Position can have some effect, but not usually towards spine unless positioning was really skewed.
Hard to give any good advice, but the follow up suggestions by the vet are not out of line. Difficult decisions for sure.
Doug, DVM
Thanks Dr Doug.
She did mention spleen or liver mass. But again, without the proper diagnostic tool, unable to make a diagnosis.
It is not about the money, even if she has the mass, I'm not sure what we would do about it.
Her quality of life is what is most important to me. I question putting a dog that old through cancer treatments, thinking if the cancer didn't kill her, the treatment might.
