RockyNH_RIP
Senior Member
Poor puppy, what happened? If you mentioned it, I don't remember. Hope all goes well on Wed.
I dont think I ever really did... He had an episode in Jan with what appeared to be an abcess which they drained. End of Feb, I noticed it swollen (lump) around upper canine and took him to the vets. They immediatley sheduled him for surgery for a tumor, got what they could and sent it for biopsy. The vet could not get it all as it was into/around the jawbone. It came back non malignant and extrememely rare fast growing tumor that grabs to bone & tissue. He refered us to New England Veterinary Oncology group and we met with a specialist. She indicated it would likely grow back within 6 months and recomended surgery over radiation etc. Long story short, had a CScan done, met with a board cert surgeon who confirmed surgery was best... involved removal of 1/2 the right side upper jaw bone. (Dogs recover well and function well after this). He had the surgery a week & 1/2 ago.. Pathology report came back Thursday.. Confirmed Non-Malignant and that the surgeon got it all!!! (Great news for us). Wed, back to surgeon for follow up check and removal of cone. He is playful, eats like a pig and acting totally normal!!
Sorry to be so long...
Pat in NH