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Hi All -
Not sure if this is the right place to post this... please let me know.
Just wondering if anyone has ever encountered this health issue with their SV's involving lymph nodes or lymphoma.
On 11/23 we discovered a large lump (the size of a silly putty egg) on the left side of my SV Sen's neck. It was not there the day before, as we pet her all the time & always scratch under her chin/neck.. it's pretty much a morning ritual. She is an F5B & is 7.5 yrs old, healthy prior to this, indoor only & hangs out with our other SV Satsuki.
I took her to the emergency vet on Sunday 11/23. They though it might be an abscess & tried to aspirate it, but only got red blood. When reviewing a sample drawn from the lump, they said it was mainly red blood cells & not much white, nothing else. They gave me Clavimox (an antibiotic) and the lump went down some, to about the size of a walnut or almond in the shell but no change after that. This entire time, Sen has been acting completely normal, sleeping, eating, grooming & playing. When ever we go to feel the lump, she thinks she's getting chin rubs.
Took her to the regular vet on Friday 11/28 for a follow up since the lump wasn't getting any smaller after the 1st few days on the clavimox. They Dr. said to continue with the antibiotics & if no change then we could have a sample drawn from the lump & sent to the lab to be checked out & xrays. We did both of those things, the sample was inconclusive. The xray showed that it is her lymph node that is enlarged but the Dr. said it didn't look cancerous. Those 2 things were done on 12/4 & 12/10 respectively. The next step is to have a biopsy done where an incision is made & a tissue sample taken.
The lump is still there & large & Sen is still acting totally normal. Today she's having the biopsy done & they told us it'd take a few days to get the results back. We are totally freaked out by this whole situation & worried beyond belief. Any info about lymph nodes etc out there, which isn't really that much, doesn't really give us any piece of mind & things generally lean towards the negative (lymphoma/cancer) So just wondering if any of you might have had any experiences with lymph nodes or might know anything more.
Thanks for reading my long post - Erin, Sen & Satsuki
Not sure if this is the right place to post this... please let me know.
Just wondering if anyone has ever encountered this health issue with their SV's involving lymph nodes or lymphoma.
On 11/23 we discovered a large lump (the size of a silly putty egg) on the left side of my SV Sen's neck. It was not there the day before, as we pet her all the time & always scratch under her chin/neck.. it's pretty much a morning ritual. She is an F5B & is 7.5 yrs old, healthy prior to this, indoor only & hangs out with our other SV Satsuki.
I took her to the emergency vet on Sunday 11/23. They though it might be an abscess & tried to aspirate it, but only got red blood. When reviewing a sample drawn from the lump, they said it was mainly red blood cells & not much white, nothing else. They gave me Clavimox (an antibiotic) and the lump went down some, to about the size of a walnut or almond in the shell but no change after that. This entire time, Sen has been acting completely normal, sleeping, eating, grooming & playing. When ever we go to feel the lump, she thinks she's getting chin rubs.
Took her to the regular vet on Friday 11/28 for a follow up since the lump wasn't getting any smaller after the 1st few days on the clavimox. They Dr. said to continue with the antibiotics & if no change then we could have a sample drawn from the lump & sent to the lab to be checked out & xrays. We did both of those things, the sample was inconclusive. The xray showed that it is her lymph node that is enlarged but the Dr. said it didn't look cancerous. Those 2 things were done on 12/4 & 12/10 respectively. The next step is to have a biopsy done where an incision is made & a tissue sample taken.
The lump is still there & large & Sen is still acting totally normal. Today she's having the biopsy done & they told us it'd take a few days to get the results back. We are totally freaked out by this whole situation & worried beyond belief. Any info about lymph nodes etc out there, which isn't really that much, doesn't really give us any piece of mind & things generally lean towards the negative (lymphoma/cancer) So just wondering if any of you might have had any experiences with lymph nodes or might know anything more.
Thanks for reading my long post - Erin, Sen & Satsuki