Lump(s) found...

  Jessie has had fine needle aspirates a few times. There is no anesthesia involved; the vet simply draws a small amount of fluid from the lump with a syringe.

Johnny&Tessy

First was a fine needle aspirate and cytology....cost would be $191 total.

  Wow! That's a lot more than I paid when Jessie had them. I remember that you said everything's expensive where you are. I'm sorry the vet didn't have good news for you. Sending no cancer vibes for Tessy.

calliecritturs

(sorry -- the rest of the world doesn't know you and I have been emailing about this)

I'll say it more AMERICAN *grin*

The rest of the world doesn't know you and I have been emailing -- about THIS! 

No comma nor puncturation after "you" -- If I could diagram it

rest of the world "subject"

doesn't know "predicate"

what?

That you and I have been emailing!!!

adverbial phrase:  about this!

*laughing*  In other words the "what" is that we've been emailing.  ... not that they don't know YOU!!!

(Oh man -- you can take her out of the 5th grade classroom but you can't make her understood on a public messageboard!!!)

calliecritturs

calliecritturs

(sorry -- the rest of the world doesn't know you and I have been emailing about this)

I'll say it more AMERICAN *grin*

The rest of the world doesn't know you and I have been emailing -- about THIS! 

No comma nor puncturation after "you" -- If I could diagram it

rest of the world "subject"

doesn't know "predicate"

what?

That you and I have been emailing!!!

adverbial phrase:  about this!

*laughing*  In other words the "what" is that we've been emailing.  ... not that they don't know YOU!!!

(Oh man -- you can take her out of the 5th grade classroom but you can't make her understood on a public messageboard!!!)

LOL ...can you tell my head isn't in the game lately!

Where's the 2X4 swinging ladies when I need them?  I BEG you to smack me!

calliecritturs

The rest of the world doesn't know you and I have been emailing -- about THIS! 

I go to a restaurant (that will remain nameless) that has a restroom sign "Employees must wash their hands after eating and using the restroom."  Compare this to the syntax "washing and drying the clothes".

I have yet to find "the restroom" on their menu.    I laugh every time I see that sign.

Using "after eating and after using the restroom" would have solved their English syntax difficulty. 

I'm sitting here cracking up ... gee, i'm SO glad they admonish them to at least wash their hands before returning to work from their lunch in the potty! sheesh

Goodness knows we love our dogs so very, very much and if anything seems out of the ordinary we worry and fret and do tend to ramble.  But I don't call it rambling, I call it "loving our dogs."

Just got back from dropping Tessy off for the biopsy.  I guess now I play the waiting game!

Good luck, Johnny !

Deb W.

Johnny&Tessy

Just got back from dropping Tessy off for the biopsy.  I guess now I play the waiting game!

Sending good vibes for Tessy and you.  I hate that waiting game. 

Hey Johnny&Tessy:

I'm so sorry to read about Tessy needing a biopsy, but a biopsy's a much better tool than a needle aspirate for figuring out what's going on,in my opinion.  The waiting just sucks, I know.  I hope you get good news.  It could be infected lymph nodes, especially given the history of auto-immune disease and steroids.  I'm not as familiar with IMHA, so I don't understand why chemo would be used, but I have a Beagle who's had two episodes of auto-immune hemolytic anemia, so I know steroids are a mixed blessing.  They can be life savers. 

If it does come back as lymphoma, there are some drugs they can use to help your dog.  I've been through it with two Dobermans and am facing it again with my 17-year old Italian Greyhound.  I just found out two weeks ago she has it.   

Again, I wish Tessy and you the best of luck.  I hope you get good news back from the biopsy.   

Sunburst

Hey Sunburst...welcome to the forum.  Sorry to hear what you've been having to deal with.

I'vr been so drained today i never even thought of turning on the computer. Tessy's FINALLY laying down now. She made it through the biopsy OK...a little drugged up though. They took a sample from her submandibular lymph nodes and also took a whole lymph node from the back right leg. It was also starting to swell...not a good sign!!!!  I've been following her all day trying to prevent her from scatching her neck...she scrarches the incision site and makes it bleed!  Any ideas on how to prevent this???

The results won't be in for at least a couple days so now gotta wait.  I'm a stressed out ball of nerves now.  Some good news would be awesome but it's not looking good.

If our guys have wounds or incisions that they are scratching, I usually tape socks to their paws.  It's not pretty, but it does soften the blow a little.

We're still sending good thoughts to you & Tessy.

Thanks for the welcome Johnny & Tessy.  The socks are a great idea for the scratching.  You can also try the soft collars some stores sell.  They're meant as a replacement for the hard plastic cones that drive dogs crazy, and they're soft on the inside so they don't irritate the skin. You can invert them so they form a cone protecting the incision.  I used them successfully a couple of times, but it depends on the dog. Wouldn't have worked at all with my Dobies (too determined!)

I hear you on the ball of nerves thing.  It's like a roller coaster of ups and downs and the waiting seems so long.

Keep us posted on the results.  I'll be thinking about you and Tessy.