We just got home from taking Amber to the vet.
Two days ago she came in with swollen eyes. Yesterday the swelling was down and she seemed to be improving. This morning I called the vet’s office and we saw the vet first thing.
He gave her a shot and gave us some cream to put in her eyes twice a day. The only diagnosis was, ‘she got into something.’ (with our yard and Amber’s personality, it’s a question of which hole did she NOT put her nose into, or which stand of weeds did she NOT run through, or which critter did she NOT confront. )
The rest of the exam was concerning, though. We pointed out a knot on her front leg and a lump on her belly. The vet wants to remove the knot. He isn’t concerned about the knot itself, but the healing that is needed for sutures after should it continue to grow. The lump on her belly is a fatty tumor. He’s not concerned about that, either.
What we DIDN’T notice was a lump on her neck. He IS concerned about that. We will take her in first thing Monday morning for a fine needle aspiration of that neck lump plus removal of the knot on her leg. The vet is concerned the lump in the neck may indicate cancer.
I’m concentrating this weekend on getting the cream in her eyes about 4 pm and 8pm today, twice tomorrow, and then getting her to the vet by 8:30 a.m. Monday (remembering to bring her in on an empty stomach).
I’m trying to be an adult about the possibility of cancer. I’ll try to keep busy the rest of the weekend, and do my worrying when we know what we’re dealing with.
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