[Dailydrool] Help! Zeus has a bubble on his paw

[Marilyn Fulton]

Hi everyone,
    My Zeus, who is 6 and had surgery in Sept to remove three very deep 
cysts in his chest and neck, now has a wierd blister on top of his front 
paw, it is about two inches in diameter 3/4 inch high, full of fluid, 
probably blood. I took him to the vet a week ago, she aspirated it, and 
showed me the contents in a test tube.  12cc's of brownish blood with white 
chunky stuff floating in it (gross, I know)  she checked it, it was not 
infected.  The bubble blister collapsed once the fluid was drained out. She 
then wrapped Zeus's paw in an ace adhesive bandage, and told me to watch it 
to see if it filled up with fluid again.  Sure enough, exactly one week 
later, the bubble appeared through the bandage. I removed it, now it's 
really red, and Zeus is lick, lick, licking it non-stop.  He's been on 
antibiotics the whole time.  He is scheduled to have surgery to remove it 
next week.  I 've had five bassets so far, all of them got cysts at some 
point, but never on top of a paw, this size.  The vet is concerned that it 
could be cancerous.  Has anyone out there experienced anything similar with 
their houndie?

Thank you.
Marilyn Fulton
Apollo, Daphne, and Zeus (who is licking his paw like there's no 
tomorrow...)
"Hundage Barrage"
Portland, Oregon