Mouth tumor

This is my sweet boy, Jersey. About a month ago we noticed his mouth was starting to bleed. We got a vet appointment a week later and she sent us to a specialists in Minneapolis. We went there another week later, and they checked him out. There were no tests done, as I’m sure you know, he would have to go under for X-rays as the tumor is in his mouth. For the tests it would be $5000. They said the end result would be removing is jaw, and that’s if the cancer hasn’t spread already, $10000. It never got tested, but both vets say it’s most likely cancerous due to how fast it grew.

Jersey is 13.5 years old. He’s had a good long life; he’s had cancer twice already. If he was 6, this would be a different conversation. We have decided to just let it ride out.

We are know about a month into this tumor and as you can see from the pictures it is huge, he’s in pain. Every time he eats, it bleeds a lot. And he doesn’t like us to touch it to clean, obviously. And it smells HORRIBLE.

What I’m looking for is advice. What would you do in our situation? Is there something we can do to make him more comfortable? He’s on medication.

We are not at the point of putting him down yet, as he still so full of life. Gets excited for treats, plays with his younger sister, Daisy, can go to the bathroom, walk, run, etc. We love him so much and just want to make his last months the most comfortable for him we can.

The boat picture is from this past summer before tumor.