Baron's lump
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We're all pulling for you Baron!
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You and Baron have been in my thoughts and prayers today. When will you hear anything? I hope all news is good news.
Pat
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Baron is home and he acts like nothing happened. He has his head in my lap hoping I'll drop some of my fried chicken on him. :p I wasn't able to speak with the vet after the surgery but she left some notes. The growth was attached in places to the underlying connective tissue. She removed all that she could but does not think she got all of it. A sample was sent to the University of Georgia for a biopsy and I should have results in 10-14 days. The scar is not as big as I was expecting but it is kind of ugly with all the stitches.
And the vet removed a little wart looking thing on his left side at no extra charge.
I totally forgot to buy an e-collar so I had to come up with something out of stuff I had here. I used a couple of stiff folders wrapped in a towel and duct taped around it. It's a bit bulky but it was the best I could do with no one to help.
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Keep us posted on the results!
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Aww - poor fella! Glad to hear he's feeling okay though. :) Best wishes to you both.
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Poor Baron. Give him lots of treats and loving. How are the rest of your pack reacting to Baron's incisions? Or do they even notice? I love the makeshift collar. Good ol' duct tape! You should send that in to the people who publish those books on everything you can do with duct tape! Keeping fingers crossed that the pathology report comes back as benign.
Jayden asks that you tell his Daddy to get well soon.
Pat
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Glad to hear that he is home with you & feeling well. I'll be praying for positive results from the biopsy. Keep us updated!
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Glad hes home and alright, goodness that is a big incision but guess she had to do that much.
I LOLd at the make shift collar, poor dude looks PO'd at you
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I was not home all day Wednesday and Baron managed to bend the inside of the neck wrap and pull out 2 staples. I took him to the vet yesterday and since the underlying stitches were still intact he didn't get restapled. I got him one of those cone collars. The poor boy's peripherial vision is gone because of the cone and he keeps getting the collar hung on things or bumping into things on his sides because he can't see them. The wound started draining last night and looks icky. I am not supposed to get the stitches wet plus the area is so tender that I am not going to try to clean it. I have the puppy pen in the kitchen set up for him. He has plenty of space to stretch out and the other dogs can't bump into him. He seems content in there. The staples and stitches are supposed to come out in 7 more days but I don't think I will allow that. I think that this wound is just not going to hold together at that time. :(
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So…..the sutures worked their way out over the weekend leaving a scary "hole". I took him back to the vet today to get him stitched back up. We knew this was a possibility considering how much skin had to be removed and how tight the remaining skin is after being sutured. We're going to keep him sedated and he will have to stay in a 3' x 3' pen only being allowed out to relieve himself. The sutures will be left in for 14 days. I'm just praying they stay closed this time. I don't know what we will do if the skin will not grow back together. :(
