Hello to all,
I'm currently living in France and have 3 lovely mutts to keep me busy. They are my whole life and are in perfect health, or so I thought...
I took my "family" to the vets for annual vaccinations and I had them microchipped (in the hope to come home to Oz), whereby my vet, looking face on at my Boxer/labrador cross, asked me since when she had that bump... What bump, and then I noticed it... Above her left eye, there is a hard, bony lump about the size of a small quail egg, which follows the eye socket around to the outside corner of the eye making her very lopsided from a front-on view. I can't beleive I hadn't seen it before and the vet is sure it wasn't there last check up (in april). He thought it was a knock, a big bump, a haemotoma. He told me to keep an eye on it and keep him posted. Well, 6 days later it is still there and I even beleive it is so much more apparent than last week. We went back to the vet tonight and saw my regular vet's associate who also thinks it could be a knock and has put her on anti-inflamatory medication and antibiotics in case she has some sort of infection???... Her teeth are in great shape so no internat abcess or the likes. He also says that if it doesn't go down we may have to do a scan to see what it is... He said I shouldn't think of "the worst" (the "C" word) right yet and should wait a bit to see if the bump goes by itself. Problem is, I just came home and looked closely at a photo of my girl that I took in September and she already had a small lump back then. I probably didn't notice the "growth" myself because I see her all day, every day, but since last week it has become flagrant. I'm beside myself with panic. Has anyone else's dog ever had a similar boney "bump" appear mysteriously on the head, or elsewhere for that matter?? Has anyone lost their dog to bone cancer, can they enlighten me on the progression, how it manifests itself etc... My girl is only 3 years old and a very hard player. I'm just praying it's a knock from rough play . For the moment my vet isn't wanting to say anything which really worries me more than anything.
Any help or suggestions would be VERY appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
