Nova has a lump

[Kfamr]

Hope your girl is okay, Ashley.

Please keep us updated. We know how scary bumps can be.

[K9soul]

Ash, I'm just seeing this. I will have Nova in my prayers. If it feels hard it probably isn't a fatty growth but could very well be a sebaceous cyst. My RB Cody had one right in that area and it got pretty large as it filled with more fluid. It got almost to the size of a tennis ball and very hard. I had it checked of course and the vet explained it was a sebaceous cyst and we could drain it if it didn't do so on its own. It did finally drain and go down quite a bit. It seems to be under the skin like a cyst would be from your photos. If it is that it is painless and benign. I hope you get some reassuring answers at your visit tomorrow.

[Aspen and Misty]

Thank you everyone. You don't know how much your kind words have helped me. I just worry about her so much and what our future holds for us.

My RB Cody had one right in that area and it got pretty large as it filled with more fluid. It got almost to the size of a tennis ball and very hard.

This makes me feel so much better. I have been reading that if it is hard then it isn't good. I know Nova may not have what Cody had, but atleast it makes me feel better to know that there are some "hard lumps" that turn out to be harmless.

Ashley

[Hellow]

If it is soft, it contains fluid or fat and needs to be drained by a vet with a needel. If it is hard, it may be cancer (MAY BE) and needs immedient treatment by a vet.

[Taz_Zoee]

Nova will be in my thoughts. I do hope it is nothing serious. I can imagine what you are going through not knowing. Please do not feel guilty about this, you are doing everything you can.

[KittyGurl]

I hope nothing is wrong with Nova!

[Aspen and Misty]

Nova is back from the vet and passed out on the floor! Boy was it a long, stressful day. The vet took a good look at the lump and told us that he doesn't think that it is anything to worry over; however, he said that what it feels like and what it is are 2 different things. He told us that in order to be able to know for sure what it is she needs to have a portion of it taken out with a needle and sent away to a lab. We told him that we definitely wanted to do it and they took her in the back, gave her a WONDERFUL shaved shoulder and poked her with some big needles. Nova makes some, umm, interesting noises and when they were poking her with the needles she made some of them! Poor girl. You could hear everyone in the back talking and laughing at her because she was so vocal about it all. When they brought her back in the vet was laughing and saying that even when they were done she kept talking to them. That’s my Girl!

We will know in about a week what it is. I love my vet because he is going to call the lab on Wednesday and tell them we would like them to take a look at the sample ASAP so that maybe we will have the results back before I leave on Sunday. My family and I have decided that if the results are not back by the time I leave I will still fly out on Sunday. My sister will be in charge of Nova's vet appointments while I am gone. The vet knows to call my sister after the 3rd to update us with the results. If Nova has cancer and needs Chemo (which he said is possible) I will fly back and be with her. The vet sounded optimistic about it though and like it really might be nothing. I feel so much better knowing that the results will be on their way soon.

Ashley