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Another reason to get those lumps (properly) checked...
The other day at the clinic I'm volunteering at, an 8 year old beagle
(Tracy) came in. She'd been to her regular vet several months prior with a golf ball sized lump. Her vet looked at it, felt it, and pronounced it harmless. Since then, she had a litter of puppies (now 12 weeks old), at which point the lump started to grow. The owner drove 3+ hours to the vet he used to go to (the clinic I'm volunteering at) for a second opinion. We looked at it, and had her in to surgery that afternoon. Opened her up to find an ovary, grown to ~3 lbs, and 300+mL of fluid in her abdomen. Tracy is doing much better today, and hopefully has a little longer to live as a result of the surgery (although long term outlook isn't great) Here are a few pictures for those of you who are more visual... Tumor on the scale http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy1.jpg Tumor (left ovary), uterus, and right ovary. http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy2.jpg Close up of tumor. http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy3.jpg Dale |
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Another reason to get those lumps (properly) checked...
The owner drove 3+ hours to the vet he used to go to (the clinic I'm
volunteering at) for a second opinion. We looked at it, and had her in to surgery that afternoon. Opened her up to find an ovary, grown to ~3 lbs, and 300+mL of fluid in her abdomen. Tracy is doing much better today, and hopefully has a little longer to live as a result of the surgery (although long term outlook isn't great) Here are a few pictures for those of you who are more visual... Tumor on the scale http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy1.jpg Tumor (left ovary), uterus, and right ovary. http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy2.jpg Close up of tumor. http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy3.jpg those are some really gross pictures. I hope Tracy has a speedy recovery and is able to pull thru. |
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Another reason to get those lumps (properly) checked...
Dale Atkin wrote:
The other day at the clinic I'm volunteering at, an 8 year old beagle (Tracy) came in. She'd been to her regular vet several months prior with a golf ball sized lump. Her vet looked at it, felt it, and pronounced it harmless. Since then, she had a litter of puppies (now 12 weeks old), at which point the lump started to grow. The owner drove 3+ hours to the vet he used to go to (the clinic I'm volunteering at) for a second opinion. We looked at it, and had her in to surgery that afternoon. Opened her up to find an ovary, grown to ~3 lbs, and 300+mL of fluid in her abdomen. Tracy is doing much better today, and hopefully has a little longer to live as a result of the surgery (although long term outlook isn't great) Here are a few pictures for those of you who are more visual... Tumor on the scale http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy1.jpg Tumor (left ovary), uterus, and right ovary. http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy2.jpg Close up of tumor. http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy3.jpg Holy cow. Poor Tracy! Was the golfball-sized lump a separate tumor or was it part of the abdominal mass? |
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Omg......she was probably ready to burst from size of that thing.
Celeste "Kathleen" wrote in message ... Dale Atkin wrote: The other day at the clinic I'm volunteering at, an 8 year old beagle (Tracy) came in. She'd been to her regular vet several months prior with a golf ball sized lump. Her vet looked at it, felt it, and pronounced it harmless. Since then, she had a litter of puppies (now 12 weeks old), at which point the lump started to grow. The owner drove 3+ hours to the vet he used to go to (the clinic I'm volunteering at) for a second opinion. We looked at it, and had her in to surgery that afternoon. Opened her up to find an ovary, grown to ~3 lbs, and 300+mL of fluid in her abdomen. Tracy is doing much better today, and hopefully has a little longer to live as a result of the surgery (although long term outlook isn't great) Here are a few pictures for those of you who are more visual... Tumor on the scale http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy1.jpg Tumor (left ovary), uterus, and right ovary. http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy2.jpg Close up of tumor. http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy3.jpg Holy cow. Poor Tracy! Was the golfball-sized lump a separate tumor or was it part of the abdominal mass? |
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"Kathleen" wrote in message ... Holy cow. Poor Tracy! Was the golfball-sized lump a separate tumor or was it part of the abdominal mass? As far as we can tell, the golfball sized lump grew in to that mass once she got pregnant and had a litter of puppies (potentially the hormonal changes that go along with pregnancy triggered it to grow). I find it amazing she could find some where to put the puppies *and* that big ugly mass all in her abdomen. When she came in, before the owner said anything, we figured she was pregnant. Dale |
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"MauiJNP" wrote in message ... those are some really gross pictures. I hope Tracy has a speedy recovery and is able to pull thru. We heard from the owners on Friday. Tracy seems to be feeling quite a bit better since they got home. Unfortunately, the tumor had started to involve one of the kidneys, a large part of the omentum as well as several lymph nodes. The vet who did the surgery didn't think there was any chance she could get all of the tumor, so the hope is that this bought her some time, and hopefully improved the quality of the time she has left. Dale |
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Another reason to get those lumps (properly) checked...
Reply from fairly perceptive DVM hubby... "Holy Cow..." We see spleens with
tumors as such, but not usually ovaries. -- *There are no accidents in life* "Dale Atkin" wrote in message news:sjb1i.4499$Xh3.3103@edtnps90... The other day at the clinic I'm volunteering at, an 8 year old beagle (Tracy) came in. She'd been to her regular vet several months prior with a golf ball sized lump. Her vet looked at it, felt it, and pronounced it harmless. Since then, she had a litter of puppies (now 12 weeks old), at which point the lump started to grow. The owner drove 3+ hours to the vet he used to go to (the clinic I'm volunteering at) for a second opinion. We looked at it, and had her in to surgery that afternoon. Opened her up to find an ovary, grown to ~3 lbs, and 300+mL of fluid in her abdomen. Tracy is doing much better today, and hopefully has a little longer to live as a result of the surgery (although long term outlook isn't great) Here are a few pictures for those of you who are more visual... Tumor on the scale http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy1.jpg Tumor (left ovary), uterus, and right ovary. http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy2.jpg Close up of tumor. http://www.ibycus.com/nntppics/tracy3.jpg Dale |
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