Some of you may have seen my Facebook update about Baxter going to the vet and getting his head bump looked at. We had taken him to a different vet a year ago and I specifically asked them to look at the bump next to his left eye. When I picked him up I asked them what it was and they looked at me funny. I reminded them that I asked about that not only when I made the appointment but also when I dropped him off. So they went back and spoke with doctor and came back out and told me 'all labs have a bump on the top of their skull.' Really? I had no idea...I've only had Baxter since he was a puppy and I never noticed that before, on him or any other lab in fact. So I pressed them further and they said, oh, that, well that's probably just a fat cell...you can make an appointment to have us look at that. Well, wasn't that what I had just done? Needless to say, I was pretty ticked. But, being a bad pet mommy, I didn't follow up as quickly as I would have if Baxter were a human; something about taking care of a 2 year old and being pregnant seemed to get in the way. I'm not justifying this, as I'm completely guilt ridden about this, I'm just letting you know why I was such a slacker.
Anyhow, when we picked him up from the vet, the doctor actually came out and spoke to daddy to let him know all about the bump. They weren't able to get any cells from it; they tried twice. They want to remove it because it's so close to his eye and send the sample off to a pathology lab. Sounds like a good plan to me. We're hoping it's nothing bad, but it does concern us that they weren't able to get any cells from it. It rules out simple things like it being a fat cell.
I'm going to schedule his surgery next week.
Do you think he'll be able to manage without pawing at the incision site? If not, he'll get to wear one of those silly cones; we'll be sure to get lots of pictures of that if he has one!
Oh, and one last thing. Grandma was right, he has gotten fat. He's never been over 70lbs before and he weighed in at a whopping 76lbs. Must be from all the food he's getting from both kids. Time for a diet, sorry B!
