Fatty Tumors on My Sheltie

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm wrong about that second picture. Gonna delete it and try again.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Good news, sorry she has to have surgery but better now than later when she is older and the lipoma is bigger and more invasive.

Thank you!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Bummer on the need for surgery but glad they remain benign. Hope the surgery goes well- and please let us know!

Thank you, and you KNOW I will!

 

[21hens-incharge]

Terribly sorry about the surgery on Gracie.
That everything goes smoothly.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Trying again. I'm so sorry! By the time I got home I wasn't sure what I was looking at. This is her FRONT end. Her belly has been clipped. She's lying on her back so most of what you see here is her clipped belly. Her head is toward your right. Vet's hand is pulling her right leg away from us. In the joint, between his finger and thumb, is the other tumor he wants to remove. I'm sorry about the confusion.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

.... and here's the pic that goes with that. Good grief!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Terribly sorry about the surgery on Gracie.
That everything goes smoothly.

Thanks, @21hens-incharge . I think I need a cup of tea, lol!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Yea, my 11 year old is a lumpy puppy too. It's not uncommon and the surgery is usually pretty non invasive. If it weren't for the aspect of trying to keep a dog still and calm for a longer time period they'd just do it with a local (that's how they'd do it on a person, I've seen people have smaller lumps removed under those conditions). So not serious and I hope it goes well!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yea, my 11 year old is a lumpy puppy too. It's not uncommon and the surgery is usually pretty non invasive. If it weren't for the aspect of trying to keep a dog still and calm for a longer time period they'd just do it with a local (that's how they'd do it on a person, I've seen people have smaller lumps removed under those conditions). So not serious and I hope it goes well!

Thanks, @ChocolateMouse , that's really comforting! I know the anesthesia is the most dangerous part of any surgery (having had a few myself with no problems), but she is in good health overall and I have great confidence in him and his staff. I'm sure Gracie and I will both be fine .... I am breathing now, y'all have been awesome .... since childhood it seems my initial reaction to anything new and unknown has always been, "why worry when you can panic immediately?" But I am okay now. Thank you all, thank you!

 

[Willowspirit]

We have had dobes and they are also prone to lipomas. My first dobe had everything imaginable wrong with her and even survived emergency bloat surgery at age 11 which is old for a dobe. We first learned about lipomas from her.

I’m all about the video today. If medical things don’t gross you out Dr. Pimple Popper has YouTubes of removing them from people.