My sweet 6 yr old girl, Jasmine, was just diagnosed with mammary carcinoma, breast cancer. I first saw what I thought was a an abcess from a cat scratch or bug bite in July. Vet's first test indicated it was an inflammation and gave her an antibiotic. It reduced the size but I didn't like the way it was healing and scheduled the removal. It was 6 weeks from first sight to that terrible biopsy result. It is inflammatory breast cancer - fast growing and fatal. I hear them but I don't believe it is happening.
I'm told she is healthy in all other respects - lungs clear, blood work was good. At best she can survive 2 years with chemo. If I do nothing it will be less then a year as the cancer will spread.
I rescued Jasmine in December - her owner had cancer - I loved her immedialty and can't imagine loosing her so quickly.