Last weekend we found a lump on Ellie's chest. We were both completely fine about it as it felt just like the fatty lumps that our last cocker, Sophie, had quite a few of. I have kept feeling it during the week and decided that even though I was sure that it was nothing, perhaps I should hear the vet tell me it is just a fatty lump.
So today we went to the vets. Still completely fine about it, expecting to go in, have the vet tell me what I already knew, and come out again. Only he didn't. To be fair he hasn't said it is anything serious yet but he said that the only way to be sure with lumps is to test them and that he had been caught out in the past with lumps, ones he thought were nothing turned out to be something bad and ones he thought were serious turned out to be nothing.
So tomorrow Ellie is going for a needle aspiration of the lump, which will then be sent off to be tested and will then give the vet an idea what he is dealing with. I did ask if we might as well just take the lump out, but he said that he didn't want to do that as he would not know how much of a margin to take and if it did turn out to be "something fast growing" then he may have to go back to take a wider margin, but if he knows what he is dealing with he will know how much to take if he does need to remove it.
It may still be perfectly harmless, but I am now not fine with it, but stressed and worried, to say the least. I know we are doing the right thing, as I said to the vet, Ellie is too precious to take any chances with. I just wish it was me having a lump aspirated and not her.
I know there are a lot of cockers and their humans who need everyones thoughts at the moment, but if anyone could spare a little positive thought for Ellie, we would be grateful.
Thank you. I will let you know how things go.
