Update - outcome of urgent spay for uterine cancer

Question
29th August 2007

Hello Dana

I emailed you early August 2006 to ask your views on the prognosis for a five year old doe rabbit following urgent spay to remove a *very* big uterine adenocarcinoma. She had no visible local metastases and none visible on chest X-ray. (I was looking after my friend's rabbits when friend went on holiday, noticed blood drops in the doe's urine and took her to 'my' rabbit vet pronto). You replied very promptly and very positively, and I was so grateful to have your email to give my friend along with optimistic prognosis from the vet.

Thought you might like to know that I saw Honey the rabbit again today (i.e. one year post-spay)at my friend's house - she's in really great shape, totally happy and looking georgeous. Such a good outcome, that's one lucky bunny - absolutely no way she'd be alive today without that surgery and pure luck that it hadn't metastasised before diagnosis.    

Feel free to post this wherever it might encourage owners and vets to spay, and thanks again.

Regards

Joan Walsh
Devon, England, UK

Answer
Dear Joan,

Thank you for the wonderful news!  I'm so glad the bunny is well, and I hope that many people see this message hear and know that spaying *is* the answer.  :)

Since you've said it's okay, I'm going to send your message to EtherBun, which has more than 5000 subscribers all over the world.  

Take care,

Dana