Long Weekends & Test Results

[bradl]

Holiday weekends are not great for tests requiring third-party interpretation.

Stella's wobbling around recovering from the anesthesia from a mass removal. We took Stella in on Wednesday to have a couple of warts looked at, none of which concerned the vet. However a lump on her butt which we hadn't even considered an issue did concern him. 

We'd been told by a different vet (at the same practice) when we originally asked about the lump that it was almost certainly a lipoma common with old dogs and not to worry unless it got so big it bothered her. However when I mentioned it in passing at the end of our wart visit our usual vet didn't like the feel of it and aspirating showed it was a blood-filled tumor of some sort. So we left the warts as beauty marks and went back today to have the mass removed and sent for reading.

Given the long weekend we won't have histopathology results until mid or late next week most likely. It'll be a long dang weekend. 

 

[Guest dog person]

Hoping the test results show the tumor to be benign.     

[Kathryn]

Hoping Stella is going to be fine.  The wait is impossible, isn't it? Give her a bunch of pats from me.

[pkcrossley]

thoughts with you. in view of the long weekend you can only keep the most objective facts in mind. sounds like the tumor has been around a while but has not increased radically in size. most tumors are benign. been where you are, think good thoughts, stella takes her cues from you  as you know. hope you get encouraging news very soon!

[sanford]

I can commiserate with you, waiting for test results. My heart always sinks when I'm waiting for a diagnosis for Ruffy, (or for myself), to discover that a long holiday weekend will intervene to delay the response.

So I'm waiting along with you Brad, as are other folks here, hoping for good news!

[Hillscreek]

Time goes by so slowly sometimes. Hope Stella not too uncomfortable. Hope good news coming your way next week.

 

[LindaMC]

So sorry to hear that your going through this with Stella.....praying that good news is just around the corner.  Huge hugs!

[remltr]

Hoping for good results. Sassy sends hugs and wants cookies in return.

[Islander]

Gus and I thinking positive.👍🏼

[hheldorfer]

Sending positive thoughts your way.  I know how agonizing it is to wait for test results.  

Nattie sends licks to Stella.

[bradl]

Thanks for the effective thoughts all.  The vet called confirming it was a benign hemangioma, completely excised. 

 

Stitches out next week and we'll be calling her FrankenButt for a while  So relieved.

 

[pkcrossley]

spectacular! you all get rested up now. 

[Kathryn]

Whew. Stella is safe, and gets a new nickname. All is well.  

Glad to hear it.

[remltr]

👍

[hheldorfer]

What a relief!  Love the nickname Frankenbutt.

[Pepper Bug's Mom]

Wonderful news!!!!

[Hillscreek]

Good news.

Don't let a few stitches slow you down Stella!

 

 

[bradl]

FrankenButt  Hard to get a photo with that tail whirling around most of the time. 

[hheldorfer]

Even with stitches Cairn butts are the cutest.

[pkcrossley]

whirling tail means good things. she knows she is going to be alright. 

Edited September 8, 2018 by pkcrossley

[Guest dog person]

17 hours ago, pkcrossley said:

whirling tail means good things. she knows she is going to be alright. 

Definitely a good sign.    Funny , but this made me remember a few years ago when my cairn was recovering from some type of a virus, he was on medication and sleeping a lot,  my vet called to ask me how he was doing?

I remember telling the vet that even though my dog did not lift up his head when I approached him and spoke, he would wag his tail a mile a minute to let me know he was okay.     And he was, after a few days of rest :-)

 

Edited September 8, 2018 by dog person