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Cocker Specific Discussion => Health => Topic started by: elaine.e on October 07, 2010, 06:29:02 PM
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Please can I have some positive thoughts for my boy tomorrow :luv:
He has a few small patches of black pigmentation on the skin around his eyes and mouth. They weren't there when he was a puppy but have appeared over the last few years. One of our vets calls them William's beauty spots, but I've also been told to keep a watch on them for any changes.
One of them, in a really tricky place about a millimetre or two below the centre of his lower lip, has become raised. It's really tiny and looks like a skin tag but is black of course. My vet doesn't think it's nasty but we agreed that it would be better to have it removed and tested while it's tiny. If it got bigger it could be difficult to remove without damaging his mouth.
So please think of us tomorrow. He's such a good boy at the vets and goes in with his little tail wagging, but I know from past experience that he hates being left there and that he is a complete wuss for a day or so after having an anaesthetic. :D
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Awww poor lad :luv:
Postive thoughts for William tomorrow, im sure he will be absoloutely fine :luv:
Emma xxx
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Aww poor William ..will be thinking of him tommorrow ..and you :luv: Sending lots of positive thought for you both xxxxx
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will be thinking of Sweet William tomorrow (and you! Hope the day passes quickly for you) :bigarmhug: :luv:
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Hope he gets on OK tomorrow. GA's are horrible >:D for them
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Oh poor William. Hope all goes well tomorrow and that what he is having removed turn out to be nothing.
Me & Ellie will be thinking of him.
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:bigarmhug: for both of you, will be thinking about you tomorrow.
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Will be thinking about William tomorrow :luv:
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Bless him :luv: best of luck for tomorrow :-*
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Awww bless him. Will be thinking of him tomorrow and sending lots of positive vibes Elaine. Try to keep busy and your lovely boy will be back home with you recovering before you know it. :bigarmhug:'s for you both. x
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:bigarmhug: and :-* :-* for the lovely William for tomorrow. I'm sure he'll be fine :luv: but it's always stressful for us when they have to go in the vet's.
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Aw, all the best William :luv: Hope the day goes OK for you all :luv:
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Sending :bigarmhug: to you and William for tomorrow :luv:
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Big squidges for William, and for you, hope all goes well x x
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Will be thinking of you both lots of love Trisha &Frodo x
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Hope everything goes really smoothly tomorrow and that it turns out to be nothing sinister.
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Keeping everything crossed for tomorrow and sending hugs to William (and of course you Elaine) from Monty and me. xx
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Thinking of your lovely William for tomorrow. Positive thoughts for him and you.
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Thinking of your lovely William for tomorrow. Positive thoughts for him and you.
From me too :luv:
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Wishing gentle William all the best for tomorrow's operation :luv: :luv:
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Thinking of William tommorrow
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I have my fingers crossed for the lovely William :luv: tomorrow, I'll be thinking of him :luv:
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Hoping that all goes well for William! :luv:
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Wishing William all the best for today(?).
Suppose Larrikin Louis will no doubt give him some "lip" when he gets back home. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
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William be a good boy at the vets and you'll be home in no time :luv: lots of nice thoughts from my two xx
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Thinking of you Elaine and sending positive thoughts to William for today. :luv:
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Will be thinking of William today - am sure all will be fine, and as you say with these things its better to do it whilst it is still manageable. I am sure that the gentlemanly William will be fine - gentle hugs for the post-operative period. :luv:
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Hoping that all goes well for William! :luv:
Me too :luv: :luv:
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Hope all goes well for your little boy. Everything crossed that he will be bounding around again soon. :luv: :luv:
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Positive thoughts to William. :luv: Hope all goes well today and that he feels better soon.
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Thinking of you and William today, and am sure all will go well :luv:
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Hope all goes well today :luv:
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Thoughts are with you today Elaine, and Positive thoughts for sweet William :luv: we wish him a quick recovery and all goes well today :bigarmhug:
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:luv: :luv: hope all goes well today elaine and william we are thinking of you. love and licks from Dianne & Pebbles.x x x
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only just seen this Elaine :shades: Hope William is home with you very soon & his op went well. :luv: :luv:
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Just going to collect him now :luv:
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I Hope the op was a successful and everything is as it should be, give William a gentle squidge from us :luv: :luv:
Stephanie, George and Hamish xxx
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Hope all went well. I am sure you will both be over the moon to see each other! :luv:
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He's back home :luv:, a bit sleepy and saggy eyed but otherwise seems OK. He has 1 suture where the lump was removed but I haven't had a close look at it yet because he's leaving it alone at the moment and I don't want to draw his attention to it.
Louis was desperately happy to see William come in the front door but the feeling wasn't mutual and William had to do a bit of spaniel swearing :005: to make Louis realise he didn't want to be sniffed and pushed around. Luckily Louis took the hint.
I should get the histiology results on Tuesday or maybe Wednesday and in the meantime William will be back to normal food and exercise tomorrow if he's OK. I have to try and keep the area clean and not let him get mud on it. Just as well the ground is dry and that William doesn't like going in mud or water very much.
Thanks for all your positive thoughts and good wishes :luv:, much appreciated :D
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Aw bless him, glad it all went OK. Fingers crossed for results next week :luv:
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So pleased gentle William is back home - bet he is too ;)
You must be so relieved to have him back. :luv: :luv:
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fingers crossed :bigarmhug:
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Awwwwwww Poor William. So Sorry Elaine I've only just seen this. So glad he's back home safe with you now. Fingers crossed the tests come back as nothing to worry about. :bigarmhug: to william and a sneaky one to the gorgeous Louis too. :shades:
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Only just seen this really hope Willliam makes a good recovery from his op today and you get good news next week.We will be thinking of you,my boys love William as he shares a name with one of them and they love the pics of William and Louis together .
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Glad he is home safe & well, hope he feels better after a good nights sleep.
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Glad William is home. Positive thoughts for the results Tuesday/Wednesday.
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Pleased to hear William is home safe & sound Elaine. :luv: :luv: :luv:
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Have only just seen this Elaine & pleased to hear your special boy is back home & recovering well :luv:
I will think positive thoughts for his test results & hope they come back all clear ;)
Give him a very gentle :bigarmhug: from Purdey & the girls & big :-* :-* from me too ;)
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Oh Elaine, so sorry, I've only just seen this :o Poor wee William, but so pleased he's back home with you. All fingers and paws crossed here for a speedy recovery :luv:
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Isn't it great to have them home again :luv: hope that William makes a full and completely uneventful recovery xx
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So glad it went well and he's doing ok :luv: xxx
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Aww so pleased to hear the op went well and William is home :luv: Sending lots of positive thoughts and hope the results are positive next week. x
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Glad he is home and that Louis missed him :luv: Fingers and paws crossed for the results.
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When I collected William from the vet yesterday afternoon the nurse failed to point out that they'd shaved a patch on his throat to take bloods. It's quite a large patch but pretty much hidden in his neck folds so I didn't notice it until late yesterday evening when he started scratching it. The patch was bright red and very, very sore looking :o so I bathed it with diluted Hibiscrub and did my best to stop him from clawing at it.
After a restless night I took him back to the vet this morning and he now has Fuciderm to help soothe and heal. I pointed out that whoever shaved him should have noticed that the hair on his throat is always a bit greasy looking and the skin pink and a bit roughened. He's had problems there before, which must be somewhere on his records, but it's obvious that the skin there is compromised and they should have noticed. I almost mentioned it to them yesterday morning when I dropped him off but I didn't think they'd be doing anything to his throat.
Poor Wills is feeling sorry for himself and isn't eating much at the moment. He's restless and keeps pottering about whimpering very softly :'( :'(. He's been like that before after anaesthetic so I'm not worried about how he's reacting, although it upsets me to see him so unhappy. I'm cross about the shaved patch though >:(.
The receptionist at the vet showed me that she's added a "warning" at the top of his records that he's not to be shaved there again unless absolutely necessary, so hopefully it won't happen again.
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Poor Wills he really did seem a bit sorry for himself when we went out for coffee this am. He enjoyed his lavender biscuit though. ;)
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Poor William - so sorry to hear that there is an additional concern over and above the straightforward post-op recovery.
Do hope that he picks up soon :luv:
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Poor William, that sore neck must be making him feel really miserable on top of everything else :'( He needs lots of treats to help take his mind off it.
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Poor William :bigarmhug: Annie struggle after an anesthetic I dread her having to have one. I'm sure he'll pick up bless him, these Vets can be a nightmare sometimes not checking things. :-\
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Poor William :'( I do hope he is feeling better very, very soon :luv: & really hope his skin recovers without any further probs. :luv:
I can imagine how annoyed you are Elaine >:( It would have only taken a few more seconds for the vets to double check ::) I never realised they took blood from the neck & always thought it was from the paw. :-\
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Only just seen this - hope William is feeling better soon! :luv:
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Sorry to hear William's recovery is being made more difficult because of this. Its so annoying when things like this happens when all it would've taken is another 5-10 minutes to read his complete history and formulate a different strategy.... vets at times drive me nuts >:D >:D
Hope William's neck heals up ok, and the actual area where they operated heals quickly for him. Send gentle squidges for your gorgeous boy :bigarmhug:
Lisa & Maggie
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Only just seen this. Hope William's feeling better in himself soon, bless his little furry paws :luv: x
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I'd be upset too about them doing something you'd not agreed to or known about.
TBH the soreness on his neck'll be bothering him more than the op I would have thought too.
Morgan had pyoderma, so his skin would go greasy and clump the fur together, so you do have to be careful with it.
Kisses to the poorly boy :-*
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Really pleased that the vets have now annotated his notes, so you can be reassured that nothing like this should happen again ;)
I have lost count of the number of times I have almost said something and then either forgotten to say, or felt like it was fussing or whatever, only for it to become evident that if I had said what I intended, a subsequent problem would never have arisen - and I know I feel very angry with myself for the whole matter, so I hope you are being kind to yourself Elaine.
I don't know how many vets and vet nurses work at your practice, nor how substantial William's notes are, but these factors might go some way to explain why the team operating on him yesterday may have been unaware of the previous medical history :dunno: I am so sorry that this incident has happened to William, and I guess the cautionary tale for us all is never to assume that the person treating your pet knows everything about them and their- actually that applies in our own interactions with our doctors as well - not least because they are only human :D
Gentle hugs to William and I hope that Louis is being sensitive to his big brother's predicament.
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Aww poor lad :'( ..sending a gentle healing hug and hope he feels better soon x
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Poor William, hope his cream soothes his sore path and makes him feel better. Hopefully he will soon forget he has been in hospital.
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Poor William :'( :'( Hope he perks up very soon Elaine, I have no doubt that with your care that he will ;) :luv: :luv:
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He's become a lot more relaxed in the last few hours :banana: with no more whimpering and pacing, although every so often he suddenly gets up and trots a few paces with his tail down before trying to scratch his sore patch. But even that is now only once or twice every hour, which is a big improvement.
I bathed the area with diluted Hibiscrub, patted it dry and applied some Fuciderm immediately before feeding him at about 6.00pm. Feeding him straight afterwards distracted him from wanting to scratch immediately. Fingers crossed for a better night than last night :D
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Glad to hear William is feeling a little better.
Its strange when you read peoples posts and look at pictures of dogs, it makes me feel I know William & Louis (im not mad really :005:)
Positive thoughts for results next week :bigarmhug:
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Sorry to hear that Williams had extra problems to recover from :'(
Glad to hear he's making progress though & hope it continues :luv:
lots more :bigarmhug:'s from his sis & the girls
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Sorry Elaine I haven't been on here recently, so didn't get to see this. Sorry to hear William has been having a tough time. Hopefully the itch will improve over night and he will be better in the morning.
Fingers crossed for good results next week :blink:
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Morning Elaine - hope you all had a better night last night and that William is now sufficiently settled to allow you to get off to the show with Louis :luv:
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:luv: Poor William, I hope he's feeling a bit better today, :-*
I've been away for a few days so only just seen this, what a shame he's suffering when it could easily have been avoided! :'(
sending healing thoughts
Jann Flo and Barnaby :-*
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How is William this morning Elaine? :luv: :luv:
Poor chap having to deal with itchy sore patch as well as his Op.....vets >:D >:D
Hope he is now on the road to recovery :luv: :luv:
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Get well soon William :luv:
I cant work out why they used under his neck to take bloods from .... Back in July when Lady had to have a fairly severe op, they used both front legs ... 1 to take blood from and the other for the IV drip.
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Hope William :luv: is feeling better today.
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Hope William :luv: is feeling better today.
Me too x
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Hope William :luv: is feeling better today.
Me too x
& me :luv:
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Oh poorly William - hope that you are feeling better today :luv: xx
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William was left in the tender care of OH today while Louis and I were at a show and I've just got back and checked him to find that most of the sore patch is looking a lot less pink and is dry, but he must have scratched one area of it which has bled slightly and looks swollen >:(
I'll Hibiscrub then Fuciderm it shortly and watch him like a hawk for the rest of the evening. He has another vet appointment tomorrow morning so I'll get it checked again then. Maybe he'll need some antibiotics to clear it?
My first Cocker had a large wart in the same area and it kept getting infected because he used to scratch it. He had the wart removed and an infection set in that took weeks to clear. Admittedly he was a much older dog and didn't recover from things quickly, but I don't William to get an infection there because I think it's a difficult place for healing anyway.
On the positive side, William has now fully recovered from the anaesthetic and still seems unaware of the suture under his chin :D
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Just catching up with this. Sorry to hear about your precious orange boy. Hope all his sore places improve.
lxxx
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Just catching up with this. Sorry to hear about your precious orange boy. Hope all his sore places improve.
lxxx
Same from me, sending lots of healing thoughts to William :luv: :luv:
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Bless William, glad he is feeling better.
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Poor William, he really has been in the wars but I'm glad to hear he is feeling a little better. :luv:
When Monty went in for his neuter whoever shaved his "boy bits area" took so much fur off that he ended up with razor burn, the whole area was incredibly red and weepy for days - my vet was beside herself and couldn't apologise enough - me thinks one of the vet nurses needs a lesson in how to shave a dog properly! ph34r
Please give William a big hug from Monty and me Elaine. x
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Poor William, he really has been in the wars but I'm glad to hear he is feeling a little better. :luv:
When Monty went in for his neuter whoever shaved his "boy bits area" took so much fur off that he ended up with razor burn, the whole area was incredibly red and weepy for days - my vet was beside herself and couldn't apologise enough - me thinks one of the vet nurses needs a lesson in how to shave a dog properly! ph34r
Please give William a big hug from Monty and me Elaine. x
Razor burn is pretty much how I'd describe William's shaved patch and he's now on antibiotics after another visit to the vet yesterday. About half the area is beginning to look better but the rest of it is still weepy and inflamed and it's infected all down one side. It doesn't seem to be irritating him as much though, so I think we're slowly winning.
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Glad to hear that Master William is on the road to recovery. Larrikin Louis giving him a hard time, or does he, in some small way sympathsise? :005:
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Glad to hear that Master William is on the road to recovery. Larrikin Louis giving him a hard time, or does he, in some small way sympathsise? :005:
I felt a bit sorry for Louis when William came home from his operation because he was delighted to see William and kept bouncing up and down in front of him and play bowing. William usually just ignores the attempts to play but was in a very grumpy and groggy state and growled and snapped at Louis without any preamble :o. Louis took the hint :005:
Since then things have been back to normal with the two of them not taking much notice of each other.
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Razor burn is pretty much how I'd describe William's shaved patch and he's now on antibiotics after another visit to the vet yesterday. About half the area is beginning to look better but the rest of it is still weepy and inflamed and it's infected all down one side. It doesn't seem to be irritating him as much though, so I think we're slowly winning.
Monty had antibiotics too, plus some cream which helped although he wasn't too happy with me getting anywhere near his nether regions bless him. :005: I hope the ABs do the trick and I'm glad that the boys are getting back to their normal selves!!
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Hope William is feeling better soon. Taking blood from the neck seems to be a new thing, Uliss had it done earlier in the year. Seemingly the vet can get alot more blood in a quicker space of time thus reducing the stress of doing it slowly in the leg.
Uliss was really good at it but she is too scared to move at the vets. However Piglet was having none of it, in his usual "DON'T TOUCH ME" drama queen attitude and in the end they had to use his leg.
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Good news :banana: :banana:
The vet has just phoned and confirmed that the lump was a harmless skin tag, which is what she thought anyway, but because it was on his lip it was safer to have it removed while it was tiny rather than waiting to see if it got bigger. If it had got bigger and had been cancerous poor William would have been in trouble.
His neck is healing nicely now, just a bit of infection left, so hopefully that will have cleared completely by Monday, which is when I take him to have the suture removed.
What a relief :D
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Excellent news :D
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Thats wonderful Elaine :D
A big relief
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That has quite made my day Elaine - you must be so relieved and I am so pleased to hear that William is now well on the road to recovery :D
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:banana: excellent news :luv:
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What great news :D so pleased everything's ok! :cool4: :cool4:
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Welcome news indeed :cool4: get better soon William!
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Brilliant news :luv: :luv:
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Great :D ...so relieved for you :luv: x
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Relieved for both of you :luv: :-*
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Great news Elaine :banana: :cool4:
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Great news Elaine, what a relief :luv:
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:clapping: :cool4: :clapping: Excellent news, so pleased for William and you
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Great news :D
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I'm really glad it was ok ;)
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Great news Elaine, what a relief for you. :luv:
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Glad to read William is ok :D
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Wonderful news :lol: My William sends lots of get well hugs to your William ;)
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Great news,you must be so relieved.
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I am glad lump is harmlees Jenny had a few lumps and the waiting is horredous and you are so relived when you get the results. Exttra special treats for everyone
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So pleased to hear that it was not as serious as you first thought. Cuddles to Master William, from us down under.