Hello, I am very upset-been crying all weekend.? My most precious love, Jenna, -who is more human than dog--so super smart--so loving--and who owns me and a huge portion of my heart--was just diagnosed with an "enlarged spleen".? She is 9 yrs old.? she was spayed on May 22, 2009--just 2 months ago.? Her surgery seems to have healed fine, my vet said there were no other abnormalities in there when she did the surgery-no signs of tumors or cancer--(although her overies were HUGE-and covered with cysts--but no sign of cancer or tumors there.) She has been very normal, eating, playing, just being her normal happy self.? For the past week or so I have noticed that she seems to have a small "belly" --fullness--in her abdomen that I feel shouldnt be there-sort of like she just ate a big meal or?had a big poop there-but it has been there for a week or so.? So I took her to my vet on Sat--she felt her and said it was rather hard and felt like her spleen-she took an xray--and showed me that her spleen is enlarged--maybe 4 times or so what it should be.? She showed me an xray of another dog who was?normal and?that?spleen is quite a bit smaller than Jenna's. I know that GSD for some reason have a larger spleen than other breeds--no one seems to know why--but Jenna's is quite a bit larger than it should be. Of course I said we have to operate and get it out of there-I was told it could rupture and that would be VERY bad-I was told it is probably malignant--cancer--and that her chances dont look real good.? For it to be that big only since May 22 is rather frightening. I was given an estimate of between $700 and $1,300 for the surgery.? I am still paying for the damn spay--which was $840 so I still owe on that-- I dont know what to do. There must be someone out there who has dealt with spleen problems.? Because it is that big only since May--does that mean it is probably cancer and even if we do the operation, I will lose her within a short time anyway? Jenna's mother is now 11--she had spleenic torsion about 3 yrs ago-we operated and removed the spleen--she is fine.? happy, healthy and normal. ?Please--I need some info on this.? I am dying inside to think that I might lose my precious Jenna soon. I dont know how I can live without her. Cheri Hunt----Cheradon Shepherds Home of Ch. Cheradon AchtungErynbrook Molokai, TC, OFA H&E, PA,TH,CA, Eyes Cert. and Certificate of Health Merit Excellent from the GSDCA (aka Ch. Mikey) ? ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================