Re: [AlpacaTalk] Bone Tumor: Update

Hi Jim - so sorry to hear this. My personal decisions on treatment were
always based upon the outcome and the treatment involved. Ask your vet what her
opinion is of the outcome and what her recommendations for treatment would
be for each possible outcome before you make the decision to go any further.
It could just be a bone cyst and be benign also, I had one of those in my
femur that was surgically removed and I'm fine 25 years later. Anyone know if
alpacas get epiphisitis? Good luck and keep us posted!

SUSAN OLSON
Alpaca Loco
Riverside, CA

In a message dated 1/26/2009 7:28:15 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
jgyelwa@ywave.com writes:

Hi again all,

Just talked again with the vet. The suspected tumor is in the humerus bone.
I asked her if the xrays could be sent to someone else for a second opinion,
like WSU, and she said she would be happy to do that. Also, she asked if I
could bring Brandie in to have digital pics taken, which I will do next week.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Jim Guerin
Jimmini Farm
Yelm, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: J Guerin
To: _AlpacaTalk@yahoogroAlpacaT_ (mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com)
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 5:34 PM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Bone Tumor

Hi all,

For several months later last year, I noticed my Lil bottle baby girl,
Brandie, was favoring her front right leg. When Brandie would turn say to the
left, she would sort of drag her right leg around, not putting much weight on it.
Some times she would stumble when she was walking. I had a suspicion
something might be wrong shortly after she was born, but this didnt show its self
fully untill she was about nine months old, Started out with off and on
limping.

I had the vet out the end of Dec 08. After paplating from her foot up, when
Amy got to her shoulder ( I believe it is actually in her elbow, but not sure
) Amy was way up past what I would call the elbow, but from the skeleton pic
in the Big Book, not sure if an xray could be taken there, Brandie let me
know that that HURT. She turned her head and looked me right in the eye.

Today, I finally got a call back from the vet, Amy. She had been waiting on
OSU to read the xrays. From what they can figure out, compairing to other
species, it looks like Brandie has a bone tumor. She was one year old on 20 Nov
08.

OSU suggested a bone biopsy. Amy suggested waiting and taking another set of
xrays in a month.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Jim Guerin
Jimmini Farm
Yelm, WA

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