Growths/Tumors on Dogs - Page 4

SWEEEEEEEEEETTTT! So glad to read this, bee--and glad you got it taken off before it could cause Mojo any further complications. So now he's just got to let his incision heal, and Mojo will be back to 100% again!

Happy news all round, you must be so relieved!!

 Yes, I am so VERY relieved! Thanks so much to EVERY one with their support of Mojo!

Jenni, I will see if I can manage a copy of that pathology report to share with the curious. I did notice this morning that his paw is somewhat swollen and larger than his other one. He's taking all his pills very nicely.

I had to rewrap his bandages (he finally was successful with removing most of the other one) but I thought I was very careful not to make it too tight, so now I don't know if this paw size difference is something I wasn't seeing before, or if it is new?

His activity is normal, he will run, but I am not encouraging it, nor any rough play. He goes back to the vet tomorrow at any rate for them to check and re-bandage him.

The swelling of the paw is almost certainly from the bandaging, especially if this happened overnight or while he was napping. My old fellow had a mass removed from nearly the same spot as Mojo, and I rebandaged three times daily so I could adjust how tight I made them as needed. Hopefully Mojo doesn't try to swallow any of the bandaging he removes, as you don't need that nightmare! You're managing him well, from all you've described, so just keep doing what you're doing! I'd find the path report interesting as well.

 Hexe, the swelling did go down, I suppose I did have it wrapped a bit too tight, overnight! Just got back from the vet and he's all done up again, and now sporting the "cone of shame". He just won't leave it alone, especially as soon as my back is turned! Maybe those NO CHEW wraps I just ordered will work, and I can spare him the humiliation—at least some of the time, until we get the stitches out.

I did manage to get the the pathology report, and boy is it a mouthful! Hopefully you and Jenni will be able to decipher some of the bigger words in it for the rest of us non-medical types. 

Doesn´t sound bad - I like the word "benign". Hamartomas are not uncommon, sometimes they come back, but normally it´s no "big deal" ( now you only need to explain this to poor Mojo  )

Yep, that's nearly word-for-word what my big senior guy had last year, except his mass split open the encapsulating skin before Max started licking at it. It probably won't reappear at that site, but Mojo certainly may develop one or more of them elsewhere as he continues to travel the senior roadway...just hope that they continue to be in places where there's sufficient skin for closure. Max has one precisely at the root of his tail, and removing it would involve skin grafting for closure--so I just keep a watch on it, and if it grows and eventually breaks through the skin, it will have at least stretch the skin in the process and hopefully make closure easier.

Don't feel bad about the bandaging, it wasn't that you wrapped it too tight, it's just that like us, their feet will swell a bit while they're sleeping. If he Mojo had been moving around while that same bandage was on there would have been zero swelling.

As for the licking/bandage tearing, I bought a set of 'StopLick' strips that use a watch battery to deliver a mild electric shock--like you get from static electricity--when the dog tries to lick the bandage. I glued the hook part of Velcro to the back of the strip so it would cling to the bandage, and worked quite nicely after Max managed to remove his sutures three days before they were ready and then opened the incision site via licking. He left the site alone after one try...which is good because the batteries only last a day or two in these.

Sorry this is such a late response, but I am very glad Mojo did not have cancer!

Thanks GG! Everything looks pretty good! 😍

 

bee, that does look good! So Mojo left it alone, from the looks of it. Was wondering how he'd made out with the incision! Good boy, Mojo!