I have a 10 1/2 year old female black lab who has been diagnosed with an eye tumor. The vet says that the eye has to come out. Of course he also said that there is the possablilty that the tumor would not grow any more than it has. Of course it could grow further and expand the cancer beyond the eye. We noticed the spot about 18 months ago and the size of the spot has increased about 50% since then to about 3/16 of an inch square, just below the iris of her right eye. I don't want to take the eye if her quality of life is going to diminish markedly. She'll be 11 in december and is in otherwise good health except for the normal lab ailments associated with that age, i.e. small benien grouths here and there and getting a bit creaky in the joints. I've had labs for years and accept this as a normal process of ageing. She may only have a few years left anyway and I hate to deprive her of half her sight if she would not be happy, but I would reluctantly do it if she would accept it.
2007-05-04
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