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Forum THE LOUNGE Dakota had surgery today

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    • ScooterandAnnette
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        I took Dakota in to the vet today to have the lumps on her removed. She had one on her back by her shoulders when we got her that the shelter didn’t mention and my groomer thought looked like a wart. Then in the spring she developed one on the top of her head that started out as a large flat lump and then changed into a smaller round lump and we thought oh okay it’s another one of whatever’s on her back. Until it blew up. It just kind of exploded and got infected and was just terrible so I took her in to the vet who put her on antibiotics for 2 weeks, then took a sample of it (and the one on her back) and concluded that they were benign cysts and nothing to really worry about but if they became a problem we should think about having them removed.

        Well the one on her head never really healed, so we made the appointment. First call from the vet pre-surgery was to say that it looked like it was going to be a more extensive procedure than they thought because now that she was sedated and they could really manipulate things it was obvious the head lump was much larger underneath than they’d thought. They had planned on just using local anesthetic but because of the size that was out of the question so now she was going to be under general. Okay.

        Second call from the vet was to say it was done, and he sounded a little… shaken actually. She’s fine. But it turned out the one on her back is a regular sebaceous cyst, the one on her head is a dermoid sinus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermoid_sinus). He was sounding a little shaken because it’s something they absolutely were not expecting, he said you never see that in this breed, sometimes in Rhodesian Ridgebacks and Golden Retrievers but he’s never heard of it in a Husky so it was a complete surprise. It went from the top of her head all the way to the back of her skull.

        They were still able to do the removal through about a 2″ incision on her head. So here’s my poor sweetie:

        – Annette


      • Furface
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          Poor baby, love the name, give the pretty girl a kiss from me.


        • jerseygirl
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            Wow! So she’s healthy otherwise? The dermoid sinus didn’t cause any other probs? She is very beautiful and from that pic appears to be in good spirits. Hope her healing continues well.


          • MimzMum
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              Oh your poor puppy! 0_o Ouchie-looking scar, thank goodness the fur will grow back in and cover that. I think that’s the hardest thing to see in the dog is the shave….they just don’t look the same without their fur, do they? Hopefully no Elizabethan collar is necessary.
              She looks so much like my Shadow. She’s a beautiful dog!
              I had to have several surgeries for my dogs this year, as you all know, and one was to remove a tumor like growth in my older dog’s ear. It was nasty and suppurating and looked like a piece of bloody cauliflower.
              (sorry don’t mean to gross you all out, but that’s the truth)
              Now he’s got a lump coming back up on his back just above the shoulder blades. So we have to look at it as a disease unresolved. It’s the same kind of growth.
              I’m going to chase that link down for the sinus. I think that was what my daughter had removed from her lower spine and they had to take a lot of material and cavity underneath it. It was a long time healing, but she only has twinges of discomfort from it from time to time. They are not all that common in any species from what I hear. And hopefully Dakota will never suffer from one again.
              Many healing vibes for your pup! ^_^ ((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))


            • mrmac
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                She is beautiful! ((((((((((((((Healng vibes)))))))))))))))))) She deserves some extra lovins!


              • ScooterandAnnette
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                  She seems to be healthy otherwise, yes. The dermoid sinus seems to be a neural tube that didn’t disconnect as an embryo – the vet was able to go as far as the base of the skull and then tied it off. He didn’t find anything in the tube at that point though so we should be safe with it from here on out. No E-collar because the one on her back is by her shoulders and the collar would rub against that incision. She’s already spit out an antibiotic hidden in a weiner bit, but I was able to fool her into taking it with peanutbutter.

                  Mimzmum, your description sounds a lot like one of my cats that had a tumor in her ear. When the lump on Dakota’s head first exploded it looked a lot like that and I was so afraid that it was a tumor.

                  BTW, watched The Last Mimzy the other night
                  – Annete


                • bunnytowne
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                    Awe poor doggy.   She will be well again the surgery spot looks good.


                  • Kokaneeandkahlua
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                      Awwww Give the sweetie a kiss from me!!! Thank goodness they are benign-that’s good news


                    • KatnipCrzy
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                        I hope Dakota feels better soon!  I bet your vet is not going to forget that surgery anytime soon! 


                      • RabbitPam
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                          {{{{{{{{{{{{Fast healing, Dakota}}}}}}}}}}}


                        • MimzMum
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                            Meds in peanut butter? 0_o Hmmm…
                            Too bad Taiku has finished his round from his neuter, I didn’t think they could eat that. Would that be safe for a dog who’s had GDV I wonder?


                          • ScooterandAnnette
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                              I’d talk to your vet to make sure peanutbutter is okay with GDV. I know they use PB for flavouring in some doggie biscuits and sauces, and you can put it into kongs. And lots of tinned/wet dog foods have peas in them and peanuts are technically legumes not nuts. But yeah it’s pretty much a sure-fire way to get her to take meds – I don’t want to use just it in case she gets tired of it though so I tend to use it if other methods don’t work. Or if I don’t feel like fighting with her about it.
                              – Annette


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                                Ohhhh!!! *Waves hands*

                                Cream cheese!!! They are awesome to put pills in to give to dogs! (Mandy has more meds then most seniors and my parents buy the cream cheese at costco lol)


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                                  when my dog Hershey had cancer and was on tons of meds we went from american cheese to peanut butter to easy cheese (squeeze cheese in a can) and she got tired of all of these until the final can not resist stinky liver sausage- I think it is called branswager or something like that.  It was pretty gross to have to squish the pills into meatballs made out of the sausage but it got the job done.


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                                    I used to work in a boarding kennel and gave meds, and had to give my own dog pills regularly, once she got old she wouldnt eat much anymore. Stuck in bread, bread and peanut butter, cheese/aerosol cheese, bill jac, meat, etc. There are these things called pill pockets, they have a little hole in one end to drop the pill in, it is really strongly flavored. One dog used to get his pills stuffed in marshmallows.


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                                      She’s so pretty! I’m glad she’s doing good. We use hotdogs most of the time, but for the fish oil pills we give some of our dogs daily they just swallow them like they’re going out of style. They just know that it’s food at this point, so they don’t really think or care about the taste.


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                                        {{{{{{healing vibes}}}}}} She is goreous!!

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