06/08/2026
This is such a hard post to write, but I need the prayers of those who understand how much I love my sweet Yorkie babies. Annie Belle and Edie Rose are littermate sisters. They are 13 years and 6 months old, I know you all love your Yorkie’s like family members, so I need your understanding, advice and most important your prayers.
Edie Rose, the slightly larger sister, is in a medical crisis. She had a major check up a month ago. A set of X-rays was done to check on her heart. Both Edie and Annie have had slightly enlarged hearts for a few years now, so I keep a close watch on their hearts. Much to my relief, Edie’s heart was stable, but sadly they found a large mass in her abdomen; it is roughly 3 x 3.5 inches. Today Edie spent hours with a Veterinary oncologist and her staff. We had hoped they would be able to draw fluids from the abdomen to test for cancer, but what looked like “free fluid” in the first sonogram turned out to be inside the mass. If they do a needle biopsy we run the risk of bleeding and causing spread of whatever cancer is present.
The mixed blessing is that she seems generally happy and healthy with the exception of being anemic ( relatively treatable) and in the last week having some nausea; she has acted like she was going to throw up a few times.
I had a sonogram done about three weeks ago at her tegular Vet’s office, and the oncologist we daw tiday ordered a new one. The mass has grown slightly since the first one. Today’s sonogram leads them to believe the mass is attached to her right kidney. I am told that masses on a kidney are typically cancerous. We don’t get the radiologist’s report on the set of X-rays done today until Monday. If the mass is associated with the left kidney, as the sonogram appears to show, I am told chemotherapy is not typically successful. If I wanted to proceed with treatment, the recommended treatment is likely to be removal of that kidney with the attached mass. The problem is the area is near lots of veins and arteries. She could bleed to death on the table during the surgery. On the other hand, that mass could rupture and cause her to hermitage at any time.
I am so heartbroken. I do not know what to do. Please pray for Edie Rose and for God to guide me to do what is best for this little angel. She is such a loving, sweet little baby. Also I ask for your prayers for Annie Belle, she adores her “big sister.” To say they are closely bonded is a huge understatement and she will be devastated if Edie leaves us.
Any of you that have been through a situation like this know how difficult the decisions I have to make are so hard! Please pray for me too. I have no siblings, I have long been divorced, and i never had human children. This little baby, her sister and the yorkies I have had before them, have filled a big hole in my heart. Thank you for your sdvice and prayers!
