Ok ...here we go again. I'm going to vent a little before I get to the topic. This is yet ANOTHER health issue that was not throroughly/accurately disclosed by the basset rescue. We went through a surgery a few months ago, for some lesions on Dixie's abdomen. They were there when she came to us. We were told that they were just little moles. They began to bleed ...we had them checked ...they were skin cancers. All of them had to be removed.
Here we are again, with a "cyst" that had ruptured and was "in the process of healing" when Dixie came to us. Our vet took a look at it and advised that we go ahead and have it removed at the same time as the lesions were being removed, because it had ruptured again. As it turned out, he did not get to this cyst because of the length of time under anesthesia. It was "healing" again and I was not in any rush to put her through another surgery so soon.
Yesterday, this thing REALLY ruptured and when I looked at it, it scared me to death. It sort of ...turned inside out? That's the best way to describe it. We took Dixie to the vet today and saw his partner, who we have not seen before. She ran some tests and gave me the riot act for not acting on this sooner. It's cancerous ...has probably always been cancerous ...and it needs to be removed right away. We have her on antibiotics because of some bacteria and we have a spray to use four times a day until the day of surgery.
I know this is long ...and if anyone has bothered to finish this post and has any words of wisdom on this issue, please feel free to advise. I'm worried about this because I've read so many posts about these types of things. Do they "get it all" and they just go away? Do they heal well? I'm so worried about my baby. I'm mad at a few people ...but I'm mostly worried about Dixie.

Here we are again, with a "cyst" that had ruptured and was "in the process of healing" when Dixie came to us. Our vet took a look at it and advised that we go ahead and have it removed at the same time as the lesions were being removed, because it had ruptured again. As it turned out, he did not get to this cyst because of the length of time under anesthesia. It was "healing" again and I was not in any rush to put her through another surgery so soon.
Yesterday, this thing REALLY ruptured and when I looked at it, it scared me to death. It sort of ...turned inside out? That's the best way to describe it. We took Dixie to the vet today and saw his partner, who we have not seen before. She ran some tests and gave me the riot act for not acting on this sooner. It's cancerous ...has probably always been cancerous ...and it needs to be removed right away. We have her on antibiotics because of some bacteria and we have a spray to use four times a day until the day of surgery.
I know this is long ...and if anyone has bothered to finish this post and has any words of wisdom on this issue, please feel free to advise. I'm worried about this because I've read so many posts about these types of things. Do they "get it all" and they just go away? Do they heal well? I'm so worried about my baby. I'm mad at a few people ...but I'm mostly worried about Dixie.