Growths, Horns, and Lumps

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Breathing a big sigh of relief here.  Finn had a funny growth on his shoulder. At first I thought it was a thorn, then I thought the groomer had nicked him. It formed a scab at the end, but continued to grow like a tiny little…horn (?).  But as I was going over him to see if there were anymore, I found a hard lump next to his spine.  That terrified me, so off to the vet.  They gave him a local anesthetic and removed the growth with one of those punches and gave him a stitch.  Then they removed material from the lump with a needle and biopsied it.  What a good boy Finn was, as he stood quietly for both procedures.  He shook like crazy in the waiting room but was a real stoic for the procedure.  The biopsies came back negative, although they will keep an eye on the lump/cyst.  Finn broke the stitch open by dinnertime, so back to the vet for another cleaning and stitch :(        

[DJ & Chance]

Oh, I am so glad he is okay.  Keep healing Finn.  Your mom loves you and so do we!

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Thanks DJ.  It was a big relief and he's back to his happy self. 

[F, Calla & Luca]

So glad to hear the biopsies were negative. It is always something.

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Thanks F. Isn't that the truth!  Before joining DK, I would have just assumed he had a common cyst :)

[Bonnie and Kona]

This sounds like a lot of worry with an excellent result! So glad for you and Finn! Also grateful your vet will keep watching the lump.

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Thanks Bonnie.  There certainly is a long list of different types of lumps and bumps.  

[Bonnie and Kona]

I know! We had a Golden that was super lumpy and Kona has several different kinds, too. Hoping you and Finn are resting today. 

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

We are, happily :)  Interesting to know, thanks for sharing that. I'm not sure they got all the horn material (I was going to say horny but someone would have a field day with that :) but I guess we'll know when we go back for the check up.  That was the weirdest thing. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Very glad the biopsies were negative! Finn is such a good stoic boy, much like JD! 

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Thanks Karen.  Yes, I think JD and FInn would understand each other quite well!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

I'm so happy to hear that the biopsy was negative.   He's such a good brave boy!

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Thanks Jane.  I couldn't bear to post this until we got the biopsy results.  I'd like to think he was brave. but truthfully, I had him in a bear hug so he probably thought he was taking care of me :)  Still brave!