Thank you so much. We'll be going in in the morning to further assess and finally decide.
I do feel so much better having your posts and the others as well.
Very best wishes to your girl, and you too.
Thank you.
Kristina~Jamila

@tanza:

Also, typically there would not be radiation after the surgery if they get all the tumor and you even if there was, you would not have to have it done. My friend's Basenji has a cancer tumor in his throat, he has it removed but didn't do the radiation treatment and he did live for another year…. pretty much normal till the last month or so...

Thank you. A year is good! I will weigh and pray!

Kristina

@Duke:

I tried to "save" my old boy Rocky once at 14 y.o. He had a tumor/cancer removed on his rear hip. In his case, he had to endure radiation treatments. The last 1-1/2 year of his life he lived in extreme pain due to the radiation. It was one of those cases where the "cure was worse than the disease." I loved him too much to let him go. I did not know what the consequences of helping him live longer. In the end, I felt rather selfish and I am sorry for that. That's my story. You should do what you feel is best for your girl, Jamila.

Bless Rocky ~ and you too for your loving efforts.. and also for your reply.

Apparently only mild kidney changes, and no spread to lungs..
I so appreciate the replies.
Thank you!

Greetings fellow Basenji lovers.
I am miserably conflicted and seeking advice & insight.
my girl is unspayed at 15, a decision I will always regret.
Now, at 15, she presents with mammary tumor for which the vet feels, after testing, is operable.
Friends and family implore me not to "put her through it" and also cite basenji intolerance for sedation.
Would anyone care to offer imput?
(I'm Kristina, she is Jamila!)

Thank you so much.