A Bump On The Head

I was hoping that today's post was going to be about how Blueberry had a little bump on her head and I fretted and worried and went to the vet and found out that I am a hopeless worrywart when it comes to my dogs.  Well, that's not news because I am.  I've had a weird little itchy spot on my elbow for two months now that I haven't had looked at, but when something comes up with one of the dogs, we go right in.

If you follow us on Facebook, you may already know some of what's going on.  Wednesday morning, Blueberry was fine.  At lunch, Mr. Taleteller was home and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary with Blueberry or any of the other dogs.  When I got home and took them out in the afternoon, it looked like she had a mosquito bite on the top of her head.  I pressed it and looked at it carefully and she didn't flinch or act like it hurt.  I couldn't see any marks where she might have scraped it or bumped it on something, and her fur wasn't messed up at all.  Thursday I thought it seemed larger, and it was hard.  I decided she needed to go in to see the vet so we could dismiss it as a fatty lump and be done with it.

Yesterday morning, she went in to the vet.  I knew when the vet did the needle aspiration that I wasn't going to hear that I'd been worrying over nothing.  It wasn't fluid that came out, it was blood.  After looking at the cells they removed from the lump, the vet said that the cells looked suspicious.  It wasn't the news I wanted to hear, but I guess that's how it goes for all of us at times.  Blood was drawn to do pre-surgery bloodwork and we decided to have the lump removed this coming Wednesday, since Mr. Taleteller and I will both be off work Thursday with her.  She'll also get her teeth cleaned while she's off in dreamland.  Mr. Taleteller most likely will be able to take Friday off to stay home and be at her beck and call, too.  We will have the lump biopsied and hopefully find out more about it after the surgery.

Of course, after our vet visit was over, we had a stop at the dog bakery.  In true Blue fashion, she charmed the customers in the store, acting as if nothing is wrong. She picked out some Texas toothpicks to soothe the sting of the needle pokes and we went home where she took a long rest.  In some ways, it seemed not to bother her at all, but after it was all over, she seemed really exhausted and drained.  Of course, I was, too, so maybe it wasn't any bigger of a deal to her than it ever is.  She did give me plenty of stinkeye to let me know she didn't appreciate me forgetting to bring the travel bed along for her to rest on while we were waiting.  I'll be sure to rectify that situation on future visits!

I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't very worried about all this.  I also apologize, because I realize that this post isn't particularly uplifting or humorous.  We will try to address this with our usual humor as we go through the process, but I did want to be forthright about what we are facing and what we are dealing with.  I'll just hope that Blueberry doesn't get the idea through all this that we're going to be catering to her every whim after it's all over.  I know that we will be as she recovers, though!   She's been the easygoing girl through so many things, rarely demanding much attention from us, but she certainly has our full attention right now.  Bunny will keep updating the blog with her adventures that were already planned for the weekend and when we know more about what's happening with Blueberry, we will update about that, too.  There will also be a lot more time set aside at our house for Blueberry time for the next couple of weeks.

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