Just wondering if anyone has had experience with this? I found a growth on one of my fosters today and the vet feels it is either melanoma or melanocytoma. She does tend to think it is the melanocytoma which is benign.
I feel so sad for Heidi as she has really been through so much. She was found roaming the streets of Houston with an injured rear leg. This was in July and since that time she has been through the wringer. After being seen by our vet, it was found that it was an old injury. She was unable to use the leg. We took her to our orthopedic surgeon who did some amazing surgery on her...basically reconstructed her knee. It required a plate and five pins. Then, not long after she was cleared from that surgery, she suddenly developed a problem using both hind legs. They felt it was a slipped disc and she was put on steroids. That did improve quickly. About a week after that we took her back to the surgeon, thinking that perhaps the fact that she was not using the leg as much as she should, that perhaps it had put her back out. They found that three of the pins in her knee had moved...one had migrated deep into the muscle. Probably the discomfort from that is why she was not using the leg as she should. She then underwent surgery to remove the pins. She had the sutures removed last week from that surgery and was seen by the physical therapist. She was to start underwater therapy tomorrow; but that is now postponed until after this growth is removed.
Poor little angel has been through so much.
I am attaching pics. Please keep this little angel in your thoughts and prayers. I am SO hopeful this is benign. I hate seeing all of these things happening to her.
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