Sandi had surgery on her skin, on back

[Sandi'sMom]

Here is Sandi's story.
About a month ago my husband felt a bump on her skin, on back. We could not tell what it was. It looked like an open wound that started getting a scab. We took her to the vet. Doctor gave her some medications and ointment to apply for a week hoping it'd go away. It did not. In a week he looked at Sandi's wound where a scub was built up, and he suggested to remove it, and not to worry in a future. We agreed. During the surgery he took a biopsy as they usually do and was going to send to a lab. Well, the biopsy tissue has never made to the lab because they lost it in the clinic. We were mad.

Her vet, a surgeon who performed a surgery considers a bump benign. Another doctor, the clinic's owner, who took the stitches off in 2 weeks said that he gives Sandi a clean bill of health.
Well, we hope so. But in our heart we know that no doctor can give 100% correct diagnosis without seeing a biopsy.

 

[Mom2Melli]

Melli will keep her toes crossed for her rescued cousin that it was just something like an old embedded tick head or even maybe a mole that got scratched.

 

[Sandi'sMom]

Melli will keep her toes crossed for her rescued cousin that it was just something like an old embedded tick head or even maybe a mole that got scratched.

Thank you MomMelli. Yes, please have Melli's toes crossed for Sandi. Very nice.

 

[Lightplum]

Generally with the lumps and bumps as long as they are fully removed there is little issue. Sounds like from your description either a fatty tumor or a sebaceous cyst. Both pretty common in shelties. My 4 year old male had a mast cell tumor on his leg that grew within a week from nothing to the size of a dime. It was removed (I cant remember off hand what stage it was) but hes been fine since and that was over the summer.

 

[Sandi'sMom]

Generally with the lumps and bumps as long as they are fully removed there is little issue. Sounds like from your description either a fatty tumor or a sebaceous cyst. Both pretty common in shelties. My 4 year old male had a mast cell tumor on his leg that grew within a week from nothing to the size of a dime. It was removed (I cant remember off hand what stage it was) but hes been fine since and that was over the summer.

I am so glad that your 4 years old is OK. Seems like a doctor removed part of the skin around tumor and it took care of it. Hopefully the same is with Sandi.

When doctor said they lost a biopsy he mentioned some fansy name to my hubby on the phone but he did not remember. I don't know what "sebaceous cyst" is.