A couple weeks ago, Anvik developed an abscess on his right side. Came out of nowhere with no visible injury preceeding it. Two weeks of antibiotics should have cleared it right up. The lump did shrink, but is still about the size of my thumb. There is a second smaller lump right above it. So back to the vet today. The lump is not a lipoma(fatty tumor), it is very hard, doesn't seem to cause Anvik any pain. My vet says there are a couple of options--one it's a benign lump of some sort, two it's malignant, or three it's a foreign object that has become encased just under his skin. He hasn't gotten into anything like a porcupine since he's been here, but who knows if he did before he got dumped. If that's what it is, it still has to come out or it will just keep turning back into an abscess. He is booked for surgery tomorrow. My vet says the lump is in a good spot. They can take wide margins just in case it is a tumor and not have any trouble closing the wound.
Anvik seems fine. He went for a run this afternoon and never missed a stride. He's learning how to lead and doing alright at it. Paxil is a good teacher. He won't be able to run for a couple weeks after the surgery. He won't be happy with that!
I sent the shelter an email saying to consider him adopted. The fee for his surgery is going to be substantially more than his adoption fee! I think they'll be happy not to have to pay for it! Plus I had an animal communicator tell me that Anvik believes he belongs with me, that he thinks for the first time in several incarnations(he's an old soul) he is where he is meant to be and that he will bring things to my life that I will still be discovering in 20 years. How could I let him go after that!???
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