Bohemian Musings

As most of you have heard by now… Roxy had surgery on Monday. She’s had this bump on her side for quite sometime. I took her to the vet about in May when it first showed up and they told me it was nothing to worry about. It got really big last week, then shrank back down again, so I figured I’d take her to be sure everything was still alright since another bump was appearing as well. The vet checked out the first one and said it was benign. He checked the second one, the one that has been there since May and told me it was a mass cell tumor which was releasing histamine into her system. They said it needed to be removed asap, and then told me they had time to do it that afternoon. I sat there in shock as I was expecting them to tell me that it was nothing just like they did in May.

I left Roxy for the surgery and went into worry/freak out mode for the rest of the day until they called me to tell me everything had gone fine. They sent the tumor off to the lab to find out the grade and to see if they got all of it. Keep your fingers crossed.

I picked her up today. The surgery didn’t slow her down at all. She’s been wanting to run and jump all day. I’ve had to keep her in my lap or in the crate to prevent this. When she tries to stretch she makes this sad little whimpering noise and then looks back at the staples and then at me… like she’s asking me why it hurts and if I’ll make it better. It breaks my heart. :( She has staples in her belly and stitches under that. They have to stay in for 2 weeks, and then even after that she can’t jump for another 1 to 2 weeks. You all know Roxy pretty well, so you know the challenge that this is going to be.

I took a picture of the staples with my phone. It’s a little intense so beware. – View Here

I’m so glad I took her back though, and I just hope that we got this in plently of time.