hi my cocker is 2 in october and didnt realise till now how DANGEROUS the damn seeds are. coco has been so unlucky she's had and stil got demodex since she was 4 months old so treating her every week for that , numerous ear infections , bad bums etc and now which i stil cant believe she has got a migrating seed in her body . she was walked last thursday over our local fields , came back limping and found LOADS in her feet and armpits!! me and my mum spent a long time trying to pull them out which we thought we'd done successfully. then on the saturday took her to vets because lumps had appeared under her armpits , she was shaved and prodded , i was given anti biotics and was told to wait and see if it gets worse which if it did to bring back in. A few days later the lump had turned to a pussy blister then the next day went down which i thought great!! little did i know i was just about to get much much worse . I spoke to the vets thursday and got her an app yesterday, vet said yes we'll have to lance it to try get the seed out , he was giving her a quick check all over and said ooh how long has she had this , i felt and had a shock myself!! it was almost like a growth on her chest bone. ( sorry if im boring people) Any way he says right we'll lance the pussy lump under armpit then x ray the growth. So i go home and wait...... he rings up saying she's stil under sedation shes had an ultra sound and xrays also lanced lump but found nothing , BUT in the xray shows almost a tunnel where the seed has moved up about 5 cm and the '' tunnel'' is where the skin is reacting to the seed passing through. he said does he have permission to opperate if needed i obviously said yes. .....a few hours on very worried not knowing whats going on , had a phone call asking to go up to talk about whats happened etc. Us thinking the absolute worst. arrived at vets and was told to come through the back , anxiosly waiting the vet telling us its not good and it didnt all go to plan, he went through all xrays and ultra sounds showing us the ''tunnel'' then the ''growth'' saying he did think it was a tumor but has proved to actuaaly to be filled with gassy fluid caused basically by the pussy lump. he then went on saying the position the seed is in can not be opperated on because it would mean cutting under the arm and cutting through major nerves muscle etc leading to the brain so that was a NO GO!! more confusing things were said so the plan is to basically take her in every couple of days for xrays to see where its travelled and hopefully it will travel to a place where they can quickly cut her open and get hold of it . being told this we were absolutely gobsmacked!! all this because of a bloody grass seed . we asked what the worst possible thing could happen and he said it could KILL her. OMG my poor little dog . its so upsetting , shes been given anti biotics , painkillers and anti inflamitaries. can you believe this i was absolutely un aware that this can happen. the vet said if it shows that the seed has travelled through to the stomache she'll probably have to be referred to davies white which is a specialist vets i think. they'd have to crack her rib cage open .shocking huh everyone please be carefull of and seeds!!!!!!!!!!! sorry for such a long winded story but needed to et it off my chest and to warn how serious it can be!!!
