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<DIV>So we returned to vetlady today to recheck Freddie's lumps. She
decided to be a bit more aggressive in checking them out since her partner
vetlady had found one to be mysterious but not cancerous in April. So
after taking the dogs into the back - she gave them local numbing meds, shaved
the lumps which then exposed angry looking skin - she lanced the lumps and
found them all the be sebaceous cysts. Thank God, doG and everyone that
that's all they were. Not to be left out Miss Ellie had one done too that
we found under her ear just last night - its her first. </DIV>
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<DIV>So both dogs have open wounds that are to heal from the inside out.
Leaking blood/fluid and not allowed on the new carpet tonight but resting
comfortably on the couches in the family room with their blankies. Vetlady
says that she hopes now that they are cleaned out as much as possible that they
should resolve. She wasn't able to remove the whole capsule without
putting them to sleep so if the lumps come back in the same spots then she will
need to do the "frankenstein" surgery and remove them completely with wider
margins; to be sure the whole cyst is removed. </DIV>
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<DIV>So I have two bloody dogs but we are truly grateful that they were cysts
and nothing worse. We are instructed to clean them twice daily with a dash
of soap and water. They should heal within a week or so. She's not
having me pack them as they aren't too deep - although if they weren't cysts
they'd be stitched for sure. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks to everyone who had pawsies crossed - looks like we dodged this
one.</DIV>
<DIV>Helene, Freddie and Ellie</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. <A title="http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102" href="http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102" target="_blank">City's Best 2008</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>