Our older basenji, Apollo, is recovering from surgery. He went under the knife last week for two reasons:
1. His teeth are in bad shape, and needed deep cleaning.
2. He has many little lumps that may be cancerous.
A few years ago, he had a lump taken off his right forepaw that came back from the lab as mast cell. Since then, we have been hyper-vigilant when it comes to little growths. Apollo must just be a cyst-y little guy, cause he has many little growths all over his body. The vet says that most of them are just little cysts, but it is good to get him checked because they may be cancerous.
Good News! We just heard from the vet that the two growths that he took from Apollo were benign fatty cysts.
1. His teeth are in bad shape, and needed deep cleaning.
2. He has many little lumps that may be cancerous.
A few years ago, he had a lump taken off his right forepaw that came back from the lab as mast cell. Since then, we have been hyper-vigilant when it comes to little growths. Apollo must just be a cyst-y little guy, cause he has many little growths all over his body. The vet says that most of them are just little cysts, but it is good to get him checked because they may be cancerous.
Good News! We just heard from the vet that the two growths that he took from Apollo were benign fatty cysts.
My 11 year old brindle girl just had dental surgery too. Her teeth were in worse shape than I thought and after some extractions and a round of antibiotics she seems years younger.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the tumors were benign!