Scare

Whew. We can breathe sighs of relief today.
We had a little scare with Bucket last week.

Simon noticed Bucket had a funny looking mammory gland early last week. When I checked it out on Tuesday I got worried. It felt weird and I knew we needed a trip to the vet.

I saw the vet (thank you, Louise) on Thursday and we scheduled surgery for Friday. Bucket did not get spayed until she was 5 (when she was "rescued") and that meant we could be in for trouble (apparently if a dog gets spayed before her first Heat, she reduces her chance of developing mammory cancer by 99%). But we wouldn't know until the mass was removed and biopsied.

It wasn't the surgery that worried me, it was waiting for results. I hoped for the best but could only imagine the worst.

Today we got her results. And breathed sighs of relief. The tumor was NOT malignant. It is considered pre-cancerous. That means other growths will likely occur and will need to be removed. It also means we need to give her a thorough check at home once a week. But it's not Cancer and that's great news.

I need to add that Bucket's been a champ the past week wearing the lampshade. She eats, drinks water and goes outside with it on. She figured out how to climb on the furniture and go up and down the stairs while wearing it. The only down side is that I hear her moving around in the middle of the night when she's brushing up against the furniture. A small price to pay for her healing.