merledogs Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) Milly has had a lump on her paw for over six weeks. When I first took her to the vets, they stuck a needle in and blood came out, so thought it was a haematoma and said it would go down of its own accord, but could take a while, possibly three to four weeks. It has been going down slowly, and then coming back up again when she has a bit of exercise, then going back down again. Yesterday we went out for a long walk for the first time in ages and last night her foot went up like a balloon - not just the lump she had previously, but the whole foot had swollen up to twice its size. I took her to the vet this morning and they kept her in to lance and drain it. Another vet just rang me and said they had done an x-ray and there is something odd going on inside her paw and he thinks it's not just a haematoma. He said the blood is in pockets around the paw and as soon as he takes a bit of blood from one bit of her paw, it fills up again. He thinks she has hemangiomasarcoma He has taken a fine needle aspirate and thinks he's got some of the cells which are being sent off to the lab (should have results back tues/weds). Once they are back they will know more, but it's likely that she will have to have an operation and they will have to amputate her outer toe. Given that she has severe hip dysplasia, so uses her front paws for weight bearing a lot more than a normal dog would, I am a bit worried about this, but the vet said the outer toe doesn't bear much weight and it would only be if she had to have her paw amputated that it would obviously cause problems. They are keeping her in overnight so they can give her pain relief and they will ring me back in the morning. Please please can you send some healing and 'be nothing sinister' thoughts for my baby girl, she's my heart dog and the only one of my lot I've had from a puppy and I need her to be well please. I'm trying to not even think about whether it's spread to anywhere else Edited August 9, 2009 by merledogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incapuppy Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Oh Alex, so sorry to hear this Sending lots of good thoughts for your beautiful girl Milly and hoping that all will be well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesB Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Oh poor girl Sending masses of healing thoughts for Milly, and some very positive thoughts for the results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 oh no good thoughts being sent milly's way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissa Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 sending lots of good thoughts for her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Alex I hope that you get more positive news when the resuts come back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Grose Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Sending masses of positive thoughts and love for little Milly. She is beautiful. Strangely enough my heart dog (Merrie my BC) had to have an outer toe amputated and she coped brilliantly. Quite a lot of racing greyhounds lose outer toes and they don't have problems so I am sure Milly would be fine if she needed to have a toe removed. and love and licks from me and my crew Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collies r best Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Tons of and healing thoughts sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickentikka Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Lots of love and good thoughts for Milly Merle Hope you get better news when the results are back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoebejo Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Lots of love to Milly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobleronie Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Sending loads and loads of good thoughts for Milly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sproggie14 Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Lots of healing thoughts being sent. Loki had a foot lump a couple of years ago which she had removed. There was worry about amputation for her too but thankfully it turned out to be benign and it wasn't needed. My Mum's greyhound had a terribly damaged foot when they adopted her and had a toe removed. It actually made things much better for her and she copes just fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophie Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 :GroupHug:Â Sending lots of good thoughts for Milly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Lots of positive thoughts for you and Milly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobean Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Sending masses of good thoughts to the gorgeous girl. Thinking of you both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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