Rakka's Lump
Whew... what a busy couple of days.
As the title suggests, Rakka has a lump. It's on the left side of her neck right at the corner of her jaw. It appeared on Christmas day quite suddenly, and I mean really suddenly. Like not there at all, then there one hour later. I didn't bother trying to call the vet on Christmas Day, and Boxing Day is a holiday in Canada, too, so I waited until today to take her to the vet. The vet shaved the lump and poked her with the syringe to see what was in the lump and it was just blood, no puss or anything, so he said it's most likely just from rough play or banging into something. Given the location, it could also be an irritated lymph node. She's getting anti-biotics for a week and if that doesn't make it go away, then onto plan B, which is to have a more thorough analysis of the mass. He said even if it's something benign like a lipoma, it'd be best to remove it because it's so close to her jugular. He said he seriously doubts it's anything other than just an injury, given how suddenly it appeared and the fact that she's young, in good shape, and has no other symptoms. In the interest of my own health, I'm trying not to worry too much about it, but that's hard, lol. She looks goofy with a bald lump on her neck, but I'm sure she'll be fine.
On another note, I'm pretty sure Rakka's health is somehow tied to the condition of my tires. You may remember how last time Rakka went to the vet, my tire blew out on the way there. Well, today I kept noticing that I was slipping a lot and I took a look at my tires and the tread is almost completely gone. I got stuck twice in the most pathetically shallow snow... looking at it, you would not have thought I was stuck, but I was. Then, on the way home, we all pretty much had a near-death experience. We were driving down the highway, and I was actually thinking how good it was that the roads were clear, when out of nowhere, I drove right into six inches of slippery snow. The car spun in a full circle across both highway lanes, then spun back across the lanes and went off the road, all the while Noah shouting things that would make a sailor cry. Someone stopped right away and helped us push our car back on the road, because, miraculously, we didn't slide all the way down the ditch, and we narrowly missed a road sign, so no damage. We were back on the road in one minute. Then we contemplated having almost killed the whole family, parents, kids, dogs, and all. We drove home going half the speed limit because we kept running into these deep snow drifts that would show up out of thin air after stretches of perfectly clear road. Needless to say we will be getting all new tires. High quality, all-terrain tires.
So, we're all alive. Let's be grateful for that!
As the title suggests, Rakka has a lump. It's on the left side of her neck right at the corner of her jaw. It appeared on Christmas day quite suddenly, and I mean really suddenly. Like not there at all, then there one hour later. I didn't bother trying to call the vet on Christmas Day, and Boxing Day is a holiday in Canada, too, so I waited until today to take her to the vet. The vet shaved the lump and poked her with the syringe to see what was in the lump and it was just blood, no puss or anything, so he said it's most likely just from rough play or banging into something. Given the location, it could also be an irritated lymph node. She's getting anti-biotics for a week and if that doesn't make it go away, then onto plan B, which is to have a more thorough analysis of the mass. He said even if it's something benign like a lipoma, it'd be best to remove it because it's so close to her jugular. He said he seriously doubts it's anything other than just an injury, given how suddenly it appeared and the fact that she's young, in good shape, and has no other symptoms. In the interest of my own health, I'm trying not to worry too much about it, but that's hard, lol. She looks goofy with a bald lump on her neck, but I'm sure she'll be fine.
On another note, I'm pretty sure Rakka's health is somehow tied to the condition of my tires. You may remember how last time Rakka went to the vet, my tire blew out on the way there. Well, today I kept noticing that I was slipping a lot and I took a look at my tires and the tread is almost completely gone. I got stuck twice in the most pathetically shallow snow... looking at it, you would not have thought I was stuck, but I was. Then, on the way home, we all pretty much had a near-death experience. We were driving down the highway, and I was actually thinking how good it was that the roads were clear, when out of nowhere, I drove right into six inches of slippery snow. The car spun in a full circle across both highway lanes, then spun back across the lanes and went off the road, all the while Noah shouting things that would make a sailor cry. Someone stopped right away and helped us push our car back on the road, because, miraculously, we didn't slide all the way down the ditch, and we narrowly missed a road sign, so no damage. We were back on the road in one minute. Then we contemplated having almost killed the whole family, parents, kids, dogs, and all. We drove home going half the speed limit because we kept running into these deep snow drifts that would show up out of thin air after stretches of perfectly clear road. Needless to say we will be getting all new tires. High quality, all-terrain tires.
So, we're all alive. Let's be grateful for that!
Comments
Sending love to all of you guys! [ & I'm sure Rakka's ok too
I hope Rakka's lump will go away in no time.
Glad you all are ok, let us know how Rakka is doing.
And hopefully Rakka's lump will disappear as quickly as it appeared.
Kitsune has a lump on his leg from an injection reaction.
Hanzo had lumps all over his neck when he came here and the vet thought they were infected bites and enlarged lymph nodes - antibiotics cleared it right up!
Don't worry too much, although I know you will, I would too.
Glad you all arrived alive and are now safe.
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I hope Rakka is healing up nicely.
Also, pleased to hear about the mysterious Rakka lump. I guess shrinking is good.
Once again, so glad everyone is well.