Sounds like things are promising for Bogie. Good to hear. I'm curious to know if they did a fine needle aspirate on Bogie? They are sure it's an abscess, right? This sounds like something similar to maybe what Nutmeg has right now. Her cytology report came back and her lump isn't cancerous, so thank heavens for that. The just saw a lot of inflammation in the cells and it's kind of a mystery as to what the lump is because it's pretty solid. They said they could start her on antibiotics to see if that works or they could remove the lump now, which they think is the best option. They told me with lumps that it very well could be a fatty lump that can appear suddenly and disappear just as suddenly, but even if they disappear they can quickly pop up again especially if the lump is lipoma (benign accumulation of fat). This was from a double board certified vet in Boston at Angell Memorial, so that kind of freaks me out! Especially since I've read lots of horror stories about dogs with lumps, especially lipoma where Vets told them to just watch them, and then the lump came back causing serious problems to the point where surgery requires sometimes amputation and/or other serious complications. But also lumps sometimes disappear and never appear again too, so what is one to to do? I asked if an MRI would be helpful too in determining if something foreign got into Nutmeg or if it would give a better idea of what the lumps was and they said it wouldn't. I guess a biopsy is really the best bet to know for sure what a lump on your dog really is? |