[nagdu] Benny's vet visit

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks Julie.  That's very encouraging.  It never occurred to me to check
his eyelids for lumps, but I did mention to the vet that his eyes had been
a little gunky recently, and when she looked she saw the lump.
I'm not too worried about it.  I just hate leaving my boy for surgery. 
I've had enough surgery myself not to be so keen on it.  And it's never
nice to hand my dog over to someone else.  But the thing needs to come
off, so we will do what we gotta do.
Tracy

> Tracy Andy had one of those on his eye lid too.  It was taken off and that
> was the end of it.  Everything was fine after that.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 7:30 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Benny's vet visit
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>> Yesterday, I took Ben for his annual checkup.  He's well, but he has a
>> lump on his right eyelid.  It's about the size of a grain of wheat, so
>> not
>> too big, but not tiny, either.  The vet thinks it would be best to take
>> it
>> off now and biopsy it, because, if we wait and the lump gets bigger, it
>> will be more of a problem to remove, being in a rather delicate place.
>> So
>> Benny will have to spend a day at the vet's in a couple weeks, and miss
>> his breakfast as well.  Poor Bubba!  And, last time he had to stay all
>> day
>> at the vet, I'm not sure they gave him any chance to pee, because he was
>> desperate to go when I got him back.  I shall speak to them about it,
>> for
>> all the good that may do.
>> I hate leaving him at the vet.  I always imagine the worst.  But it
>> should
>> be fine.
>>
>> The vet said his teeth looked good, so I guess regular teeth-brushing is
>> doing some good.
>>
>> The bill came to $576, which was rather shocking.  It's lucky I have a
>> good job.  There were a couple tests that aren't strictly necessary, a
>> year's worth of heartworm, a couple vaccines, and expressing his anal
>> glands--nothing really extraordinary, so I was quite surprised.  Maybe
>> they charge extra for the suffering of the tech who has to do the anal
>> glands. :.) Or maybe it's the blood work-up for an older dog, which I
>> don't think is really necessary, but I've seen it recommended, and it
>> won't hurt (except my pocketbook).
>> Tracy
>>
>>
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