For over a month now, Diesel has had a bump on his upper lip. I've watched it to make sure it doesn't get bigger and it hasn't but it hasn't gone away either. I took him to the vet and they suggested we do surgery to have it removed. They think it's a benign tumor, but better safe than sorry.
Yesterday, Diesel had surgery. I was really scared that his lip would look deformed because they had to cut out the tumor and then stitch his lip back together. When we picked him up, his lip looked great!! You couldn't even tell where it had been stitched up.
Once we got home, I watched him and it wasn't a happy time for all. He was in pain and started crying (howling) and he has never done that before. Then I couldn't calm him down enough that he started having seizures. I know he was having the seizures because he was scared. Every time his lip would hurt, he would start backing up (backing away from the pain) and then within minutes he would have a seizure. He ended up having 5 seizures within an hour.
We ended up taking him to the ER Vet and they kept him over night for observation. (they actually called while I was typing this). She said he is doing good and seems to be back to normal. The only thing is this morning once they took his catheter out, he wouldn't stop bleeding; however, he is fine now and I can come pick him up.
So, I'm off to get ready to go get my baby dog.
Posted by tennbrat at May 29, 2008 08:14 AM | TrackBackI am so sorry to hear about that!!! I know it was awful for you! But I am glad he is getting better!! Let us know what the histopathology says.
Posted by: kimmie at May 29, 2008 09:06 PMThank you. Diesel is doing great and once I hear back from the vet about his lab work, I will post the results. He has his stitches taken out next Saturday, the 7th.
Posted by: Sabrina at May 30, 2008 08:58 AM